Politico: The Carpet Bagger Report

The ‘birds of prey’ have landed at McCain campaign headquarters

Posted from The Carpetbagger Report 139 days ago

Oddly enough, when I started going through the news this morning, I noticed a story about John McCain criticizing lobbyists, and thought that would have to be the big political story the day. That, of course, was before I noticed that McCain couldn’t keep track of all the houses he owns. Nevertheless, overshadowed or not, this really is pretty crazy. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called lobbyists “birds of prey” Wednesday and vowed to enforce a lifetime ban on lobbying for members of his administration. “Whenever there’s a corrupt system, then you’re going to h... (original story)