Team McCain is not pleased with the anonymity of the sources in the columns by John Fund and Bob Novak, discussing his alleged complaint that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito “wore his conservatism on his sleeve.” I can sympathize, but Fund and Novak aren’t exactly rookies. Novak mentions that one of his sources is supporting Romney, so one can take that into account. But Novak says he spoke to two sources separately, each one not knowing the other was talking to the reporter, and they gave essentially the same account.

Maybe everybody’s making these comments up*, but I’m skeptical of that theory. McCain and his backers can complain about the difficulty of refuting charges without any accuser to confront, coming at a crucial time in the primary process. But that’s life in the big city. Candidates who are way behind rarely have to deal with these sorts of problems.

Of course, while Team McCain may not be happy about the use of unnamed sources in those columns, an anonymous source tells Drudge that Nancy Reagan won’t publicly endorse, but strongly prefers John McCain. I went through official channels back in November, only to be told no endorsement would be made until the nominee is clear.

UPDATE: Or, I suppose, all of them could be taking them out of context in the same way.