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Reporter says Coakley's handler shoved him into a railing

By Aaron Blake - 01/13/10 12:03 PM ET

The Weekly Standard's John McCormack has a way with special elections.

McCormack, who you might recall led former House candidate Dede Scozzafava's campaign to call the cops on him, is now at the heart of a dustup in Massachusetts.

Video shows McCormack taking a spill into a metal railing while chasing after Martha Coakley in Washington last night, then being helped up by a man who begins to impede McCormack's pursuit.

The man asks for McCormack's credentials on what appears to be a public street, physically blocking his path while McCormack strains to show his congressional press pass and move on.

McCormack says the man shoved him into the railing. He also has a suspect: Democratic consultant Michael Meehan.

Meehan was dispatched to the race by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), according to the AP. A picture from the incident appears to back up McCormack's claim that it was Meehan.

The DSCC and Meehan could not immediately be reached for comment.


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