Does nobody else remember the savings and loans scandal of the 80's that led to the 1987 market crash? Because McCain was one of five senators that made a LOT of money from donations, (essentially bribed) and then pushed for the de-regulation of banks.
He's dirty, he got caught, and he's conveniently hidden that fact which nobody is willing to call him on...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
Keating Five
The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators, Alan Cranston (D-CA), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), John Glenn (D-OH), John McCain (R-AZ), and Donald W. Riegle (D-MI), were accused of improperly aiding Charles H. Keating, Jr., chairman of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of an investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB).
The result of the collapse of Lincoln Savings and Loan was that 21,000 mostly elderly investors lost their life savings. 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". McCain was further criticized for accepting personal gifts and holidays from Keating, accepting free use of Keating's private jet, as well as accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign finance from Keating.
All five of the senators involved served out their terms. Only Glenn and McCain ran for re-election, and they were both re-elected.
Continued at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
He's dirty, he got caught, and he's conveniently hidden that fact which nobody is willing to call him on...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
Keating Five
The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators, Alan Cranston (D-CA), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), John Glenn (D-OH), John McCain (R-AZ), and Donald W. Riegle (D-MI), were accused of improperly aiding Charles H. Keating, Jr., chairman of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of an investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB).
The result of the collapse of Lincoln Savings and Loan was that 21,000 mostly elderly investors lost their life savings. 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". McCain was further criticized for accepting personal gifts and holidays from Keating, accepting free use of Keating's private jet, as well as accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign finance from Keating.
All five of the senators involved served out their terms. Only Glenn and McCain ran for re-election, and they were both re-elected.
Continued at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five