From 1981âthe year before John McCain ran for U.S. Congressâuntil the early 1990s, the former Navy pilot was totally beholden to junk bond swindler Charles Keating for his political fortunes. When the S&L scandal exploded and Federal prosecutors were breathing down Keating's neck, it was McCain who tried to bully Federal regulators into backing off. While the affair became known as the "Keating Five" scandal, none of the other members of the Senate and House implicated in the ethics violations, were as closely tied to Keating as John McCain.
I remembered him as being one of the "Keating five" and wonder if/when more will be made of it given the current sub-prime mess and RE meltdown. Perhaps its a case of "He who is without sin".....none of the candidates is without some skeleton somewhere.
too be honest, i used to like mccain (due to the war hero thing) and was pissed that bush beat him in 2000..........then he started taking cheap shots at ron paul...........then i saw the following two videos............and now i can never trust the guy..........he's just another piece of shit cfr candidate like everyone else..... <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xBiti-ZbeO0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xBiti-ZbeO0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFM1xqqTX_g&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vFM1xqqTX_g&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
Wow. Thanks for the vids. I was for McCain as well. I'm not so sure now....I guess I'll have to be a Billary supporter now