The New York Times is hammering John McCain for making a phone call to donors in the U.S. Capitol using a non-government issued cell phone stating:

Senate ethics rules expressly forbid lawmakers to engage in campaign activities inside Senate facilities.

But if McCain were merely following the lead of Democratic Senator Harry Reid, who is known in the research department of the NRSC as "Dirty Harry," I'd say that McCain's "violation" wasn't too bad.

After all, at least McCain didn't have the boldness to put his violations on YouTube as GiveEmHellHarry may have done with at least two videos taped in November 2006.

The first video (which I've added a little TechRepublican sugar and spice to in case Harry Reid pulls it down) is a message from Harry Reid to DailyKos readers in what is clearly his office in the U.S. Capitol Building. Topics covered include the excellent work liberals are doing to raise money for Democratic candidates and the importance of voting:

In the second video, Harry Reid is clearly using what appears to be his government-issued phone in his U.S. Capitol office to urge people to get out and vote:

Did Harry Reid violate Senate ethics rules? Hopefully the NYT will investigate and report back to us.