McCain's Big Money


	McCain's Big Money

Victoria Barret

4-21-2008 8:36 PM

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mccain, fund-raising, lobbyists

Victoria Barret says:

The NYTimes finds it scandalous that one-sixth of McCain's big money fund-raisers are lobbyists. I'm impressed 80% aren't.

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