1.0 link 124524 <![CDATA[John McCain: Campaign Lobbyist in Chief]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-ritz/mccain-campaign-lobbyist_b_124524.html John McCain's attempted co-opt of the Obama campaign's change message avoids the fact that McCain has surrounded himself with a campaign staff of top Washington Republican lobbyists:

When McCain huddled with his closest advisers at his rustic Arizona cabin last weekend to map out his presidential campaign, virtually every one was part of the Washington lobbying culture he has long decried. His campaign manager, Rick Davis, co-founded a lobbying firm whose clients have included Verizon and SBC Telecommunications. His chief...
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