John McCain & Charles Keating
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John McCain & Charles Keating
| Thu, 09-25-2008 - 8:58am |
John McCain is the experience candidate.
Many years ago, McCain and four other United States Senators were involved in delaying investigations into the savings and loan scandal.
John’s old buddy Charles Keating of Lincoln Savings was right in the forefront of the scandal.
So John is well verse on people like Keating who tried to cheat the system, then tried to bury the problem, and John did his best to try to delay the investigations.
John has experience in this sort of stuff, including the bailout of the savngs and loan folks.
Now, we know why John needs to devote his time to the big Wall Street bailout.
Many years ago, McCain and four other United States Senators were involved in delaying investigations into the savings and loan scandal.
John’s old buddy Charles Keating of Lincoln Savings was right in the forefront of the scandal.
So John is well verse on people like Keating who tried to cheat the system, then tried to bury the problem, and John did his best to try to delay the investigations.
John has experience in this sort of stuff, including the bailout of the savngs and loan folks.
Now, we know why John needs to devote his time to the big Wall Street bailout.

***Many years ago, McCain and four other United States Senators were involved in delaying investigations into the savings and loan scandal.***
You're wrong.
From the article that antineocon provided:
***In February 1991, the Senate Ethics Committee found McCain and Glenn to be the least blameworthy of the five senators. (McCain and Glenn attended the meetings but did nothing else to influence the regulators.) McCain was guilty of nothing more than "poor judgment," the committee said, and declared his actions were not "improper nor attended with gross negligence."*** Slate Magazine
From Wiki:
***After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee determined in 1991 that Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, and Donald Riegle had substantially and improperly interfered with the FHLBB in its investigation of Lincoln Savings. Senators John Glenn and John McCain were cleared of having acted improperly but were criticized for having exercised "poor judgment".
The thing about the Keating issue that many seem to forget is that Robert Bennett, a democrat, was the special counsel for the ethics committee charged to investigate the allegations against the five senators.
***In February 1991, the Senate Ethics Committee found McCain and Glenn to be the least blameworthy of the five senators. (McCain and Glenn attended the meetings but did nothing else to influence the regulators.) McCain was guilty of nothing more than "poor judgment," the committee said, and declared his actions were not "improper nor attended with gross negligence."*** Slate Magazine
Well they had to come up with something after they rejected the special counsel's recommendation.
Whatever political maneuvering was going on, these,
All of which were investigated by the special counsel yet he still recommended that McCain be exonerated.
Okay, this is an exerpt from the Arizona Republic, but when?