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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (49289)	9/28/2008 10:26:23 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224730

Perhaps no episode burnished McCain's image as a reformer more than his stewardship three years ago of the congressional investigation into Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Indian gambling lobbyist who became a national symbol of the pay-to-play culture in Washington. The senator's leadership during the scandal set the stage for the most sweeping overhaul of lobbying laws since Watergate. "I've fought lobbyists who stole from Indian tribes," the senator said in his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination this month. But interviews and records show that lobbyists and political operatives in McCain's inner circle had played a behind-the-scenes role in bringing Abramoff's misdeeds to McCain's attention - and then cashed in on the resulting investigation. The senator's longtime chief political strategist, for example, was paid $100,000 over four months as a consultant to one tribe caught up in the inquiry, records show.