WASHINGTON - Former Federal Election Commission chairman Bradley Smith, columnist George Will, and a host of other conservatives have spent years criticizing Senator John McCain’s push for further rules on the nation’s campaign-finance system. Now, McCain’s critics on the right have new ammunition: the senator’s own woes with the FEC.
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For years, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has railed against lobbyists and the influence of “special interests” in Washington, touting on his campaign Web site his fight against “the ‘revolving door’ by which lawmakers and other influential officials leave their posts and become lobbyists for the special interests they have aided.”
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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said on Friday he was not concerned over the possibility of severe campaign funding restraints from the agency that oversees money in U.S. politics.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sen. John McCain said Friday that while lobbyists serve as close advisers to his presidential campaign, they are honorable and he is not influenced by corruption in the system.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain might well ride out his standoff with federal regulators over his withdrawal from public financing for the primaries.
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A sworn deposition that Sen. John McCain gave in a lawsuit more than five years ago appears to contradict one part of a sweeping denial that his campaign issued this week to rebut a New York Times story about his ties to a Washington lobbyist.
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As his relationship with a female lobbyist underscores, John McCain’s confidence in his own integrity sometimes seems to blind him to potential conflicts.
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