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.
Forget the Keating 5 thingy.
The fact that he was on a committee with John F'n Kerry about the POW/MIA'S in Vietnam...and not only thwarted the search for MIA's..but insulted the families of said MIA's when they came to Washington...is enough to get him
I think the Swifties and the POWs for Truth are planning to really go after him.
Right. McCain has openly said that campaign contributions corrupt a politician no matter what. He admits that HE was corrupt (i.e. gave accress and special favors quid pro quo for contributions, etc.) and therefore assumes everyone reacts the same weak, dishonest way. Of course the media likes a "straight talker" who says every pol is a crook. He confirms their cynicism.