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Oh, boy, talk about a strong start to the scandal season. The New York Times just broke a story that John McCain may have been having an affair with a lobbyist: http://www.nytimes.com/2008... WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity. When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s client, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement. Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity. It had been just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory problems had nearly ended Mr. McCain’s political career by ensnaring him in the Keating Five scandal. In the years that followed, he reinvented himself as the scourge of special interests, a crusader for stricter ethics and campaign finance rules, a man of honor chastened by a brush with shame. Interesting stuff. More smoke than fire here? The only reason it has any legs is because he got married to his current wife very shortly after he was divorced his first one. Also, you should check the link. Iseman is quite a looker. Wow. This is probably one of the best ads ever, political or otherwise. Not sure what else to say about it. Anyone going out tomorrow night to watch the returns come in? Any hot spots to watch the numbers come in? |
