Analysis: McCain's contrition ends over Keating

Nearly 20 years of John McCain's contrition over his role in a 1980s banking scandal vanished this week in 17 minutes and 30 seconds.

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Looking for love or lust? Your face gives it away

It’s no use being coy. If you’re looking for a fling, it might just be written all over your face.

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McCain: I Learned From Keating Five Case

Sen. John McCain's ethics entanglement with a wealthy banker ultimately convicted of swindling investors was such a disturbing, formative experience in his political career that he compares the scandal in some ways to the five years he was tortured as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

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China General Downplays Military Buildup

China's top general sought to allay U.S. concerns Monday about his country's military buildup, but defended a decision late last year to deny Hong Kong port calls by an American aircraft carrier and other navy ships.

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IRA Veteran Dies at Age 105

Dan Keating, an IRA member and the last surviving veteran of Ireland's 1919-21 war of independence from Britain, has died, his nursing home and fringe political party said. He was 105.

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BEIJING: China on Wednesday hit out at new US intelligence guidelines which pointed to Beijing as one of Washington's main challengers, accusing the United States of having a "Cold War mentality".

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These were probes into illicit leaks about the proceedings of the Ethics Committee--leaks that repeatedly benefited McCain and hurt his Keating Five colleagues.

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Yep, the same Keating of the Keating Five scandal.

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McCain, Just call me "Joe the American disabled veteran!"

Just call me Joe the American disabled veteran with a few tough question I have a right to ask Senator McCain.

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I was struck by this article as it finally pointed to some of the very real differences in how these two running for President have said they will govern. One of the most telling and I feel important issue that separate Senator Obama and Senator McCain is how they have indicated …

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Keating economics John Mccain and the making of a financial crisis.

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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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John McCain has never rid himself of those he allowed to cover him with infamy way back when. He is married to one of them.

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Sweet Cindy McCain, making another cool million bucks from her business dealings with Keating - 11 years of tax write-offs then a cool mil from selling the property she bought with Keating. And McCain says he didn't have a clue.

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At one time, John McCain said the worst thing that ever happened to him, Vietnam included, was the so-called Keating 5 scandal. "The Vietnamese," he would say, "didn't question my honor."

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The Washington Times have dug up a 1986 letter John McCain wrote to Charles Keating, and the damning reply Keating wrote to McCain.

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McCain wrote: "As you know, I am deeply appreciative of your friendship and support over the years, and I would not want to do anything which would offend you. Please accept my apology, and be assured that there will be no future repetition of this kind."

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"who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists."

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Sen. Barack Obama says the personal attacks levied against him by the campaign of his presidential rival, Sen. John McCain, particularly references to his association with 1960s anti-war radical Bill Ayers, are an attempt to "score cheap political points."

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A heated exchange Monday morning took place after co-host Barbara Walters, asked Hasselbeck if it was wise for both sides to engage in "smears."

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McCain vs. Obama - Debate Preview

The big question about tonight's debate is whether the town hall format will allow McCain to go on the attack as he intends. The town hall format involves the candidates fielding questions from ordinary citizens.

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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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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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McCain had to know this day was coming. And it's only Day One in the close examination of the life of John McCain.

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US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has attacked John McCain's links to a 1980s financial scandal.

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Keating Economics: John McCain and a Financial Crisis

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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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Barack Obama, after attacks on his character and past associations, is hitting back by highlighting John McCain's ties to the ``Keating Five'' savings-and-loan scandal that embroiled the Republican presidential nominee in the 1980s.

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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Monday will launch a multimedia campaign to draw attention to the involvement of Sen.

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In April 1987, William Black watched five U.S. senators, including Sen. John McCain, now the Republican presidential nominee, try to strong-arm federal-thrift regulators on behalf of Charles H. Keating Jr., a Phoenix businessman who owned Lincoln Savings & Loan.

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