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Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in lawful[103] political contributions from Charles Keating Jr. and his associates at Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, along with trips on Keating's jets[102] that McCain belatedly repaid in 1989.[104] In 1987, McCain was one of the five senators whom Keating contacted in order to prevent the government's seizure of Lincoln, and McCain met twice with federal regulators to discuss the government's investigation of Lincoln.[102] In 1999, McCain 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."[105] In the end, McCain was cleared by the Senate Ethics Committee of acting improperly or violating any law or Senate rule, but was mildly rebuked for exercising "poor judgment".
- hmmmm, where have I heard the phrase "poor judgement" recently...Soler
- Apples to uh Apples: http://www.opensecre…tommyo
- we need to get corp greed out of politics. It's silly that we put up with it.tommyo
- aka Nader/GonzalezSoler
- and not apples to apples—accepting money from corps is legal—meeting behind closed doors to halt investigations isn't legalSoler