thinkprogress.org - 9/24/2008
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During the savings and loan scandal in the late 1980s, Charles Keating — a wealthy Arizona businessman and chairman of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association — turned to John McCain to ask for his assistance as he was trying to stave off the government intervention. Keating ...
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John McCain's Keating Five Problem In 97 Seconds (VIDEO)
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... from Andrea Mitchell!) with reporting by CNN's John King aired just last month.
The bottom-line is that two decades after his role in the savings and loan crisis, John McCain is still the same old guy, more focused on deregulation than on delivering the sensible protections we need.
Video edited by Jed Lewison for The Huffington Post.
UPDATE: ThinkProgress catches McCain being asked about the Keating Five scandal yesterday by a local Ohio reporter.
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