SENATOR PACKWOOD: I used the term chief-of-staff in the wrong sense when I said John (McCain) will be his own chief-of-staff. What I mean is John will be in charge, and no one will have any doubt who is in charge. But I can give you some personal experience that may indicate how he operates.
Ellen Cahill is his scheduling secretary, and if I want to get in to see him, I'll call Ellen. And sometimes she lets me in, and sometimes she doesn't let me in. But she makes the decision. She doesn't say, "I'll call you back", or "I'll talk to John", of "I'll talk to the Senator." So he has delegated to her the gatekeeper role
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from Emily's List fund-raising to Representative Barney Frank's staff
In February 1999, Cahill, described as a "Capitol Hill veteran" was appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton as Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Liaison.
Ms. Cahill served as director of personnel and as director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under Governor Michael Dukakis
On November 10, 2003, Mary Beth Cahill, chief of staff to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., replaced Jim Jordan as John Forbes Kerry's campaign manager for the U.S. presidential election, 2004.
From Mary Cahill to you,
Tonight, Senator John McCain is set to address the Republican National Convention. Meanwhile, the man who led the charge smearing Senator McCain during the 2000 Republican presidential primary is turning his sordid political attacks against John Kerry.
This new round of attacks comes from a familiar name -- Ted Sampley -- who has a long history of irrational public attacks against both John McCain and John Kerry. In 1992 Sampley created a fake photo of John Kerry shooting an American MIA. He has been jailed for starting a fight with John McCain's staff, and has called McCain the Manchurian Candidate, accusing him of being "brainwashed by the Vietnamese" and being a "KGB spy."
Ted Sampley is now the head of "Vietnam Veterans Against Kerry" and a supporter of "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth." He has been telling lies about John Kerry, and today he launched an extraordinarily false ad smearing John Kerry's military service.
CAHILL: "today he launched an extraordinarily false ad smearing John Kerry's military service."
Talk to the hand, Honey. Nothing else I got is listening.