How 'Game Change' Guys Get Sources

Looking back, the interview on January 30, 2009 would prove to be a game-changer for Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The authors were reporting their book Game Change, which would, upon its release the following year, spend seven weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list, turn the duo into journalistic celebrities, and beget the sure-to-sell follow-up, Double Down, which came out earlier this week. They’d already collected plenty of dirt, but were digging for more. So they went up to Capitol Hill to interview Senate majority leader Harry Reid.