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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (155473)1/23/2006 1:00:40 AM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (1) of 793782
 
There is something very irritating about Keating Five McCain being the poster boy for lobby reform.

Just consider how these events would play out in today's environment.

McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,00 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating's airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating's luxurious retreat in the Bahamas. McCain's wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a "sweetheart deal."

If Republicans ever want to get serious about lobby reform, they should go back to the "Contract with America" and pass TERM LIMITS. Without term limits, everything is just smoke and mirrors.
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