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Bensthename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-06-08 12:44 PM
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McCain thank you for bring up Ayers. Now we can talk about a real issue, Keating 5.
Keating 5 is way more relevant then Ayers in todays economical times.

Ayers = Some one Obama worked with in college for charity

Vs.

McCains association to Keating 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. Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed in 1989, at a cost of $2 billion to the federal government. Some 23,000 Lincoln bondholders were defrauded and many elderly investors lost their life savings. McCain and Keating had become personal friends following their initial contacts in 1981,<11> and McCain was the only one of the five with close social and personal ties to Keating.<33><34> Like DeConcini, McCain considered Keating a constituent as he lived in Arizona.<27> Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates. McCain was criticized by the Committee for exercising "poor judgment" when he met with the federal regulators on Keating's behalf

More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
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