[okie01]

John McCain took bribes to run legislation for Keating and the S&L industry. Ever since, he has been unqualified to hold any position of public trust and should have done prison time (in the US).

Lord knows I'm no fan of McCain, but that's a bum rap.

The Keating Five initially consisted of four Democrats (Senators Cranston, Riegle, DeConcini, Glenn). Basically, the Democrat Senate majority agreed to mete out punishment for the affair if one Republican was involved -- to make it "bi-partisan". The Republican minority offered up McCain -- who was on the fringe of the scandal.

Cranston, the ringleader, was then "reprimanded", Riegle and DeConcini were "criticized for acting improperly". Their political careers were essentially terminated.

Glenn and McCain, both being recognized "heroes", were then "cleared of impropriety, but criticized for poor judgment".

All in all, it was a very political exercise and is probably part of what made McCain what he is -- a selfish, insubordinate, ungracious asshole.

[morphing libertarian]

They were all 5 of them crooks. and McCain spoke up for the head rat. I followed the story and he’s dirty as far as I’m concerned.

[skinkinthegrass]

That's the account, I heard
They couldn't involve McPain in the scandal w/o Glenn, too.