We know that McCain had a long going affair with Cindy, his current wife, while married to Carol, his wife of 14 years at the time. John McCain then divorced his wife to marry Cindy, the woman he was having the affair with.
Now the New York Times is reporting a story of events that took place during the 2000 elections. Here is the story:
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For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk
By JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON
Published: February 21, 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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/us...hp&oref=slogin
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Does John McCain have a "character deficit"?
The New York Times endorsed John McCain. Is this story's timing political? (C'mon, of course it is.)
Both?
Is McCain sold out to Washington lobbyists though he claims not to be?
What are some of your thoughts?
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