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americablog.com - 9/18/2008
The Keating Five is back
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I really am amazed how one of the unspoken rules of this election has been NOT to mention John McCain's involvement in the Keating Five scandal. Let's remember that this isn't a scandal involving his home or his church. It's a scandal involving John McCain abusing his federal office. It's a ...

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Sherrod Brown Opens Up the Keating Five Lockbox
Firedoglake — ... Every single Democrat can now talk about the Keating Five. It's out of its secret, mystery box where it lived with Vicki Iseman, his abandonment of his first family, and his reputation for crashing planes. ...

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