Rubio's Finances

The Times look at Marco Rubio's personal family finances — the presidential candidate cashed in his retirement account and mistakenly used a Republican Party credit card to pay for personal expenses — was, to my mind, newsworthy, but marred by a couple of flaws that have been well marked already by other outlets. The Washington Free Beacon reports that a financial adviser that the Times had review Senator Rubio's financial disclosure documents turns out to be an Obama campaign donor, a fact the Times doesn't disclose as it quotes the adviser disparaging Mr. Rubio's practices. And Politico reports that the $80,000 vessel the Times describes as a "luxury speedboat" is in fact a not-so-glamorous fishing boat.