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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 9/24/2008
McCain: Fannie, Freddie Coddling Created Wall Street Mess
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So, the Fire Chris Cox thing didn't work out so well. The Frank Raines ad turns out to be the recon team for a brand new line of attack from the McCain campaign: Congress's (or the Democrats) coddling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the 1990s, which led to an enormous housing bubble, and Barack ...

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McCain Comments On Involvement In Keating Five: ‘It Was A Very Unhappy Period In My Life’
Think Progress — ... McCain made his comments on the same day the New York Times reported that his campaign manager’s lobbying firm was receiving $15,000 monthly payments from Freddie Mac — a company that McCain has said is rife with “corruption.” Also on the same day, it was reported that McCain’s transition director made ...

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