TalkingPointsMemo

by Walter Alarkon - 06/05/08 9:00 AM ET

Behind the scenes of the presidential fight, Barack Obama and John McCain are working together on a good-government bill that would open federal contracts up to greater public scrutiny, notes Josh Marshall, who links to the story in Thursday’s Hill. Marshall also has video of pundits ridiculing McCain’s “awful” speech Tuesday night in New Orleans, where he’s facing questions from the local press about why he voted against a federal commission to investigate the response to Hurricane Katrina, David Kurtz notes.