Federal action might not affect La Center project, senator says SEATTLE U.S. Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he is looking to change federal law regulating Indian gambling, but he has not and will not take a position on the Cowlitz Tribe's proposed casino near La Center. McCain, R-Ariz., came to Seattle to stump for Mike McGavick, the leading Republican to challenge U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., this November. Advertisement McCain, as chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, is a key player in the national debate over the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the landmark 1988 law that has allowed Indian...