The Senate Ethics Committee lawyer, Democrat Robert "Bob" Bennett, who investigated Senator McCain and the Keating Savings & Loan debacle, and who is also known for his representation of former President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky "semen on the blue dress" scandal, has pronounced Senator McCain's innocence in this matter on numerous occasions. Just Recently Mr. Bennett stated:
"First, I should tell your listeners I'm a registered Democrat, so I'm not on (McCain's) side of a lot of issues. But I investigated John McCain for a year and a half, at least, when I was special counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee in the Keating Five. ... And if there is one thing I am absolutely confident of, it is John McCain is an honest man. I recommended to the Senate Ethics Committee that he be cut out of the case, that there was no evidence against him." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20080924/cm_ucac/theygaveyourmortgagetoalessqualifiedminority On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:59 AM, Keith In Tampa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > HERE ARE THE FACTS: > > The Keating Five were five United States Senators 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. The > five senators; > > Alan Cranston (D-CA) > Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) > Donald W. Riegle (D-MI) > John Glenn (D-OH) > John McCain (R-AZ) > > were accused of improperly aiding Charles H. Keating, Jr., chairman of > the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target > of an investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB). > > After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee determined > in 1991 that Alan Cranston(D-CA), Dennis DeConcini(D-AZ), and Donald > Riegle(D-MI) had substantially and improperly interfered with the > FHLBB in its investigation of Lincoln Savings. > > Senators John Glenn and JOHN McCAIN were CLEARED OF HAVING ACTED > IMPROPERLY. > > Only Glenn and McCain ran for re-election, and they were BOTH RE- > ELECTED. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
