Allegations in Keathing 5 were not phoney. McCain was just as culpable as John Glenn, but of course St. Glenn and the 3 others involved were all Dems in a Dem controlled body so McCain enjoyed the benefit of Dems running cover for him. In case you meant this was not a criminal case, that is true, and thus there were no criminal convictions, and really no formal hassles due to good ole boys network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
"Allegations in Keathing 5 were not phoney. McCain was just as culpable as John Glenn, but of course St. Glenn and the 3 others involved were all Dems in a Dem controlled body so McCain enjoyed the benefit of Dems running cover for him. In case you meant this was not a criminal case, that is true, and thus there were no criminal convictions, and really no formal hassles due to good ole boys network."
Of coursse you understand that your comment makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER! McCainn was a staunch pubbie back then and would get NO cover from the dems. I lived in AZ at the time and followed it closely.
There were no criminal charges to be convicted of.
Whether Keating 5 charges were real or not (they were) they've been the impetus for McCain every since. He keeps trying to apolgogize, fix campaign finance reform, prohibit free speech prior to campaigns because he saw the light (!), he's seen the error of his ways and now everybody must pay for his sins.