The story of John McCain and the Keating Five

This story is told in a simple, straight-forward manner by a bank regulator who wants Americans to know that John McCain has long track record for being morally obtuse and economically dangerous. This particular story is about the Keating Five, but the damage McCain has done to the American economy continues to this day. Truly, you can afford to invest 13 minutes to understand that McCain’s association with Charles Keating was not just bad judgment. Rather, it is proof that McCain is rotten to the core.

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Tags: bank • Charles Keating • corrupt • Economy • Keating Five • lincoln • McCain • Phil Gramm • Savings

About the Author: Erich Vieth is an iconoclastic attorney and writer living in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife have two daughters, aged 8 and 10.

One Response to “The story of John McCain and the Keating Five”

Erich Vieth says:

October 9, 2008 at 3:38 pm

This is priceless. A tender hand-written note from Charles Keating to John McCain, dated 1986, a few years before Keating was indicted. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/09/mccain-keating-letter/

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