don't confuse the easily duped libs with facts. they don't like it On Oct 7, 8:06 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five > > Glenn and McCain: cleared of impropriety but criticized for poor > judgment > > The Senate Ethics Committee ruled that the involvement of Glenn in the > scheme was minimal, and the charges against him were dropped.[47] He > was only criticized by the Committee for "poor judgment."[50] > > The Ethics Committee ruled that the involvement of McCain in the > scheme was also minimal, and he too was cleared of all charges against > him.[48][47] McCain was criticized by the Committee for exercising > "poor judgment" when he met with the federal regulators on Keating's > behalf.[7] The report also said that McCain's "actions were not > improper nor attended with gross negligence and did not reach the > level of requiring institutional action against him....Senator McCain > has violated no law of the United States or specific Rule of the > United States Senate."[51] On his Keating Five experience, McCain has > said: "The appearance of it was wrong. It's a wrong appearance when a > group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, > because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And > it was the wrong thing to do."[7] > > Regardless of the level of their involvement, both senators were > greatly affected by it. McCain would write in 2002 that attending the > two April 1987 meetings was "the worst mistake of my life".[52] Glenn > has described the Senate Ethics Committee investigation as the low > point of his life.[8] > > The Senate Ethics Committee did not pursue, for lack of jurisdiction, > any possible ethics breaches in McCain's delayed reimbursements to > Keating for trips at the latter's expense, because they occurred while > McCain was in the House.[49] The House Committee on Standards of > Official Conduct said that it too lacked jurisdiction, because McCain > was no longer in the House.[53] It said it did not require that McCain > amend his existing financial disclosure forms for his House years, on > the grounds that McCain had now fully reimbursed Keating's company. > [53] > > On Oct 7, 3:57 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >http://opendebateforum2.blogspot.com/2008/10/keating-economics-john-m... > > > Watch the Video about McCain and the Keating 5 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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