Twenty years later and John McCain (R) is still lining his campaign pockets with contributions associated with Charles Keating, who you'll recall was Cindy McCain's business partner prior to the infamous Keating Five scandal which tarnished McCain's own political career.

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Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio.

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Joe Wurzelbacher is cousin to Roger Wurzelbacher of Milton Ohio in-law to Charles H Keating of the S&L scandal for which John McCain was censured by congress. This is according to Martin Eisenstardt a conservative blogger.

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John McCain did great tonight in the debate. But every time John mentioned "Joe the Plumber," some of us in the campaign banged our heads against the wall. If Steve Schmidt had any hair left, I hear he would have been pulling it out tonight.

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McCain did push to delay regulations that would have cracked down on savings-and-loans practices and intervened on Keating's behalf, although he was cleared of wrongdoing in the "Keating Five" case.

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You hear a lot about John McCain's time in both Vietnam and Washington, D.C., but what about Arizona, the state he's represented for 25 years? New Times was covering McCain long before the national media fell for him, and here's a selection of stories - on topics ranging from Joh …

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The current economic crisis demands that we understand John McCain's attitudes about economic oversight and corporate influence in federal regulation.

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Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her claim Sunday that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists" because of his association with a 1960s radical.

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An Ordinary Man's Guide to the Banking Crisis - Part 1 of 2 - Easy Credit and Loans for Everybody

Author's Note - Because of the complexity of this subject, it is presented in two parts. Understanding the mortgage mess is no easy thing. But there are a few simple truths about how we got here, where we're going, and how we can get past it.

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The next year he[Gramm] was back with the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which was slipped into a "must pass" spending bill on the last day of the 106th Congress. As with both Gramm-Leach-Bliley and Garn-St.

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I once stood in John McCain's kitchen and watched Cindy cook eggs for their kids.

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Recall that a week ago, John McCain's (R) son -- Andrew K McCain -- suddenly resigned as a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Silver State Bancorp (and its subsidiary Silver State Bank) citing "personal reasons." From various published accounts, the bank is o …

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Profile John McCain Part 2: Politics, Scandal and Bi-Partisan Reform

As a freshman congressman in 1983, John McCain could have been described accurately as a Reagan conservative. But, he was not afraid to disagree with the President.

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Paul Krugman on the s(pl)urge strategy: Hundreds of news articles and opinion pieces have described President Bush's decision to escalate the Iraq war as a "Hail Mary pass." But that's the wrong metaphor.

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