John Mccain Keating 5 Scandal

McCain Emails Supporters for Money, Vows to 'Guide Our Nation out of the Current Economic Crisis'

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Marlene H. Phillips

Three links embedded in the email all lead to a donation form. There are no links to information regarding McCain's ideas for solving the current economic crisis.

McCain Took $51,400 From Partners Of Law Firm Founded By Charles Keating, Including Own Nephew

Mark Nickolas | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

Campaign finance records show that McCain accepted contributions from 41 partners of the law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp. As the name suggests, the firm was founded by Charles Keating.

John McCain's Inquiring Mind Wants to Know

Patt Morrison | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


Patt Morrison

When McCain asked, "Who is Barack Obama?" maybe he wasn't being rhetorical. Maybe he really wants to know. And who can blame him, when his own campaign can't get its attack stories straight?

McCain-Keating Letter: "I'm Yours Till Death Do Us Part"

Think Progress | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


The Washington Times reports that in 1986, John McCain wrote a note on House stationery to Charles Keating, chairman of a failed savings and loan asso...

Jed Lewison

John McCain's Keating Five Problem In 97 Seconds (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


Here's a new video taking a look at John McCain's Keating Five problem in just 97 seconds. The video combines archival footage of CBS and NBC News (i...

Daleys Defend Family Honor In Face Of McCain's Chicago Ad

Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


Mayor Daley lashed out at John McCain Tuesday after the Republican nominee included Daley's brother, former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley, in an ...

It's Time for the "Deregulators" Like McCain to Step Aside and Shut Up

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

How can a guy like John Boehner, who got us into this mess in the first place, have the unmitigated nerve to try and dictate the terms of how to fix things?

A Nation of Village Idiots

James Moore | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business


James Moore

Don't let them tell you this economic meltdown is a complicated mess. It's not. Our national financial crisis is readily understood by anyone who has seen greed and hypocrisy.

Obama or 527s Must Tell Keating Five Story

Joseph Romm | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Joseph Romm

The Keating Five scandal is a crucial back story that undercuts McCain's entire image as an ethical reformer who can clean up Washington. It foreshadows everything McCain has become.

Keating 5 Survivor John McCain Now Favors Regulating Same Industry He De-Regulated When Lobbied 15 Years Ago

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics


Jennifer Donahue

All Obama-Biden have to do now is talk about the banking crisis and the change in position of former deregulation champion John McCain.

Feds Finally Seize Failed Bank That McCain's Son Ran

Mark Nickolas | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

Sadly, America is in the thick of the biggest national financial crisis since the savings and loan meltdown of the 1980s and McCain was at the epicenter of the 11th bank failure this year.

FDIC Poised To Seize Failing Bank Where McCain's Son Served As Director and Audit Committee Member?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

A quick update on the still unreported saga of Silver State Bancorp, the failing bank where John McCain's (R) son Andrew served as a director and memb...

Still No Answer Why McCain's Son Quit Board Of Failing Bank

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business


Mark Nickolas

Six days after Andrew McCain suddenly resigned as a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Silver State Bancorp, there's still a great deal of mystery about his departure, as no one is talking.

20 Years Later: Another McCain At Center Of A Bank Collapse and Government Take-Over?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

Almost exactly 20 years ago -- in the middle of the saving and loan crisis -- federal regulators seized Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine...