What's in that headline is about all the information that there is to be mined out of this article from the New York Times.

How did they stretch it out into 523 words?

Update: Since we don't have any information to go on, how about some healthy speculation?

By meeting with McCain shortly after the election, Obama is demonstrating both magnanimity and self-confidence. But his move is also based on self-interest. Obama is keenly aware of the fact that, despite increased Democratic majorities in both the Senate and the House, he cannot enact the kind of sweeping legislative overhaul he envisions without the help of Republicans. Energy reform, climate-control legislation, health-care reform — all are too big to be passed by partisan majorities, especially if Obama wants to retain his post-partisan, "President of all the people" mantle.

"The question becomes, is it the McCain running for President that we're getting, or the McCain free from the shackles of running for President. We think it's the latter," says a Democratic official. "McCain becomes a power center. The fact is, we don't have 60 votes [in the Senate]. Barack is of a reform mind, and so is McCain. And you can cut through a lot of the crap if they work together."

I think, maybe, it's a third McCain we're getting. One who can travel through time and fight robot cowboys.

Or, at least, I hope.