Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman is suing the New York Times over an article which implied (but did not state) that she and John McCain had an affair.

Here’s the lady in question (Newsday photo). We will say nothing about how her style sense is perfectly suited for Washington.

Given how unpleasant all this legal stuff can be, would she sue if she’d really slept with John McCain? And if you remember, the article was a little odd: It really did imply an affair without coming out and saying so, which is, no pun intended, kind of hitting below the belt.

On the other hand, why bother suing? Nobody remembers the article anyway, and it’s a sure thing that whether or not she did sleep with McCain, she’s not going to come out of the process looking good. (She’s a DC lobbyist hired with minimal qualifications with a rep for getting close to male pols….)

Either way, McCain must be mortified.