The Note's Must-Reads

June 20, 2008— -- 2008: Obama and McCain:

The Politico's Jonathan Martin: "Obama camp tries to get on McCain call" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Christopher Cooper and Brody Mullins: "Obama Rejects Public Financing For General Election Campaign Avoids Spending Limits; McCain Raps Shift" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes: "McCain and Obama camps are open to Gates" LINK

2008: Obama:

The New York Times' Michael Luo and Jeff Zeleny: "Obama, in Shift, Says He'll Reject Public Financing" LINK

The New York Times' Julie Bosman: "Obama Defines Himself" LINK

The Washington Post's Shailagh Murray and Perry Bacon Jr.: "Obama to Reject Public Funds for Election" LINK

The Politico's Ben Smith: "Obama out of system, but not out of character" LINK

The Politico's Ariel Alexovich and Jacqueline Klingebiel: "Politico's guide to Obama's opt-out" LINK

The Politico's Ben Smith: "Obama apologizes to Muslim women" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Rhodes Cook: "What We Have Learned From the Primaries" LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Jackie Calmes: "Plouffe Charts a Steady Course for Obama" LINK

The Boston Globe's Foon Rhee: "Edwards, Nunn reportedly on Obama's VP list" LINK

USA Today's Fredreka Schouten: "Obama opts out of public funds" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook: "Barack Obama rejects public funding of his campaign" LINK

The Los Angeles Times' Michael Finnegan: "Obama ad stresses values and patriotism" LINK

Newsweek's Anna Quindlen: "Attention Must Be Paid" LINK

The New York Sun's Russel Berman: "Obama Opens New Front With McCain" LINK

The New York Sun's Josh Gerstein: "Obama's First General Election Ad Touts Patriotism" LINK

The New York Sun's Sam Youngman: "Obama Won't Accept Public Financing; Republicans make charge of hypocrisy" LINK

The New York Daily News' Celeste Katz: "Barack Obama Says Sorry Over Scarfs" LINK

2008: McCain:

The Washington Post's Michael D. Shear: "McCain Raises Money the Hard Way" LINK