David Brody is reporting that Sen. Ted Kennedy said this afternoon that he does not believe the New York Times hit job on John McCain "has a ring to it," clearly intending "a ring (of truth) to it."

Today I was in San Marcos, TX today at a Barack Obama rally where Ted Kennedy gave a fiery speech on behalf of the junior senator from Illinois.

After the event, a small group of reporters gathered around him in a hot, smelly room. I asked him about The New York Times article questioning John McCain's ethics.

Read what he told me below. The video will be posted in the next few hours.

Brody: Your colleague and good friend John McCain is under a little fire today from The New York Times, have you read the article and what do you make of it?

Kennedy: I have not read the article, and I'm not familiar with the details, and I think that John McCain obviously has to answer, but as someone who knows John McCain well, it doesn't have a ring to it.