McCain's Ethics: From Keating Five to Iseman


	McCain's Ethics: From Keating Five to Iseman

blueridge

2-22-2008 5:18 AM

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McCain has a pattern of unethical operations on behalf of favored lobbyists while feigning to be a policeman for good government against corruption. This is why he is entirely untrustworthy and why his public image as a reputable maverick is without merit.

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