Keating Redux

McClatchy Newspapers:

Years after he resurrected his political fortunes from the Keating Five savings and loan investigation, John McCain promoted an Arizona land swap that would've benefited a former mentor and partner of the scandal's central figure.

...McCain and an aide pushed for the exchange in more than a half dozen sometimes-testy letters and phone calls up and down the Forest Service's hierarchy, according to former agency officials and correspondence. McCain's office even circulated draft legislation that would have overridden the agency's objection to surrendering national forest land. Ultimately, the deal fell apart.

Keating Five

News reports have suggested all week that McCain was about to take a more a more aggressive approach against Obama, especially on his ties to Ayers and Rev. Wright.

The Obama campaign is certainly prepared to fire back. The campaign launched this ad as a preemptive strike against the upcoming assaults.



The Obama campaign has also unveiled a slick new Web site – KeatingEconomics.com, where among other things is the trailer for a new documentary on the Keating Five scandal.