Jake Tapper of ABC got Obama to make all kinds of interesting comments.

TAPPER: And yet you and Senator McCain right now are pretty much tied. OBAMA: Yes. TAPPER: Why aren’t you doing better? Why didn’t you get a bounce? OBAMA: Oh, well, you know, my understanding is the current polls show me up, despite the fact that we went through an extraordinary primary. I mean, we went through a long, long contest. And Senator Clinton was a formidable and terrific candidate. And so while we were doing that, John McCain basically was getting a pass, both from the media, from you guys, as well as from other opponents. And so I think that that explains it.

I don’t know, Senator. If you’ll recall, during the time period you say the media was giving McCain “a pass,” The New York Times wrote a front page story that alluded to, but did not confirm, a sexual affair with a lobbyist. McCain denied the allegation and the Times never produced any evidence of it.

That article came out the day of the CNN-sponsored Democratic debate in Austin, with questions from John King, Jorge Ramos, and Campbell Brown that prompted the Saturday Night Live sketch that depicted the press offering Obama a pillow and an audience question from Obama Girl.