[jumpstartme]

It's McCain's telecom contributions that should be examined. He has sat on the Telecom committee for years. Intersting guy, he authors and pushes CFR, while taking more money from top contributors than most others. McTake has always been on the take.

[kcvl]

WorldCom Contributions
to Current Members of the Senate, 1989-2002*

Name
Grand Total
From PACs
From Individuals

Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC)
$32,166
$27,000
$5,166

Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND)
$28,000
$21,000
$7,000

John McCain (R-Ariz)
$23,900
$18,000
$5,900

James M. Inhofe (R-Okla)
$23,750
$14,500
$9,250

Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt)
$23,250
$1,000
$22,250

Ron Wyden (D-Ore)
$19,500
$19,500
$0

Tim Johnson (D-SD)
$19,000
$16,500
$2,500

Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo)
$17,625
$8,000
$9,625

Conrad Burns (R-Mont)
$17,000
$14,000
$3,000

Barbara Boxer (D-Calif)
$16,115
$13,000
$3,115

Trent Lott (R-Miss)
$15,750
$12,500
$3,250

Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
$15,000
$6,500
$8,500

Max Cleland (D-Ga)
$14,000
$13,000
$1,000

Mike DeWine (R-Ohio)
$13,500
$12,000
$1,500

Jack Reed (D-RI)
$13,500
$13,500
$0

George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio)
$12,000
$12,000
$0

John Kerry (D-Mass)
$11,810
$3,010
$8,800

Fred Thompson (R-Tenn)
$11,600
$9,100
$2,500

Peter G. Fitzgerald (R-Ill)
$11,500
$7,850
$3,650

Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)
$11,000
$11,000
$0

Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-Ark)
$10,425
$9,925
$500

Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md)
$10,400
$10,400
$0

Robert G. Torricelli (D-NJ)
$10,050
$7,550
$2,500

Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)
$10,000
$10,000
$0

Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill)
$9,915
$7,500
$2,415

George Allen (R-Va)
$9,500
$7,000
$2,500

Tom Daschle (D-SD)
$9,500
$9,500
$0

Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
$8,750
$8,250
$500

Max Baucus (D-Mont)
$8,500
$7,500
$1,000

Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif)
$8,500
$5,000
$3,500

Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
$8,499
$8,499
$0

Ben Nelson (D-Neb)
$8,000
$8,000
$0

Thad Cochran (R-Miss)
$8,000
$8,000
$0

Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)
$8,000
$8,000
$0

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
$7,500
$7,500
$0

Evan Bayh (D-Ind)
$7,250
$6,250
$1,000

Jon L. Kyl (R-Ariz)
$7,000
$7,000
$0

Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass)
$6,700
$3,000
$3,700

[rintense]

I was astonished at all the 'soft money' McCain has received. I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt to most anyone, but McCain's push for CFR just doesn't strike me as genuine or honest.