What if it's President McCain in 2009?

WHAT IF IT'S PRESIDENT McCAIN IN 2009?
[SOURCE: tvnewsday, AUTHOR: Kim McAvoy]
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain has had some sharp disagreements with the nation’s broadcasters; his frequent and contentious policy battles with the National Association of Broadcasters during the mid 1990s and early 2000s account for much of his maverick reputation. Yet, given the alternative -- Democrats Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama -- broadcasting’s Washington establishment seems ready to forgive and forget and hope that President McCain will be more sympathetic toward TV and radio than Senator McCain has been. With wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economy in the tank, McCain's top priorities following his swearing in would not be communications policy. But given his past involvement in it, some believe he could take a personal interest in selecting the next FCC chairman and could inject the White House into the communications policymaking mix -- something that President Bush did not do. “Clearly, for the first time since Herbert Hoover, McCain would be a president with hands-on experience in telecommunications,” says Media Access Project’s Andy Schwartzman. “When it comes to the FCC, he would have some knowledge about the importance of the agency and would know a lot of potential appointees,” says Schwartzman. Guessing who might be tapped for slots at a McCain FCC has already begun. That list includes former McCain aides: Bill Bailey, now a Disney lobbyist (and currently an adviser to the McCain campaign); Lauren (Pete) Belvin, an attorney-adviser with the FCC’s general counsel’s office; Verizon lobbyist Robert Fisher; telecom lawyer Paul Martino with Alston & Bird; and Pablo Chavez, a Google lobbyist. Current staffer Mark Buse and Lee Carosi Dunn are also in the running.
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2008/03/04/daily.13/