OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO MCCAIN: Tonight is Barack's Night!

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Reports are swirling that the McCain campaign will “leak” its VP candidate during Barack’s big speech tonight.

And, the Obama campaign is fighting back.

“Tonight would be political malpractice,” Obama communications chief Dan Pfeiffer told Politico.   “It’s one more piece of evidence that the McCain campaign is a war room masquerading as a presidential campaign.”

How did this rumor get started?

Matt Drudge is teasing a potential 6 PM leak of McCain’s choice on the top of his web page!