McCain economic policy shaped by lobbyist - Countdown with Keith Olbermann

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's national campaign general co-chair was being paid by a Swiss bank to lobby Congress about the U.S. mortgage crisis at the same time he was advising McCain about his economic policy, federal records show.

"Countdown with Keith Olbermann" reported Tuesday night that lobbying disclosure forms, filed by the giant Swiss bank UBS, list McCain's campaign co-chair, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, as a ... Full Story »

Posted by Jennifer Hageman
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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Campaign Reform, Lobbying, John McCain
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Posted by: Posted by Jennifer Hageman - Jun 4, 2008 - 11:26 AM PDT
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Edited by: Gabriel Beltrone - Jun 5, 2008 - 1:31 PM PDT

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by Sam Ehrlichman - Oct. 1, 2008

Very informative article about McCain's ties to the banking industry. It is difficult for McCain to embrace the mantle of "change" when many of the economic problems the country faces today, including the foreclosure crisis, can be directly attributed to policies he and his closest advisers have championed.

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