But as we read into the article, the real story seems to tell us something else.

Indeed, even though Democrats have an 18-point advantage over Republicans in a generic presidential ballot test (51-33 percent), this latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey shows Obama besting McCain by only three points (46-43 percent) and Clinton topping the Arizona senator by only one (45-44 percent).

So what we are actually told in the story is that John McCain is essentially tied with both of his Democrat rivals. The Bush thing in the headline is essentially a red herring. Indeed, the information in the headline seems to match up pretty well with the number of folks who seem intent upon voting for the Democrat who gets their party's nomination -- they would never vote for McCain, and are simply parroting the talking points that the Democrats have put forward for the last few weeks.

But then again, so is MSNBC.