Login HereFrom The Arizona Republic:
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, public records show.
McCain, who has made fighting special-interest projects a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke Air Force Base in a provision sought by SunCor Development, the largest of about 50 landowners near the base. SunCor representatives, upset with a state law that restricted development around Luke, met with McCain's staff to lobby for funding, according to John Ogden, SunCor's president at the time.
Go read the rest, and learn more about how one becomes a "reformer" and a "straight-talker."
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McCain may not have as many earmarks as some, but those he can be traced to, whether vicariously or directly, sure seem well-constructed to give his closest bubbas a big chunk of easy money.
Maybe, before November, the biggest question will be “Will the REAL John McCain please stand up!”
Is he the maverick reformer or the consumate insider?
His hypocritical, doublespeak history goes back a long, long way. McCain’s created a sockpuppet populist in the “maverick” genre, but he has clearly been one of the good-old-boys from day one.
Is there any doubt which is The Real McCain?