McCain's ethics questions

MCCAIN'S ETHICS QUESTIONS
[SOURCE: Boston Globe]
A discussion with former Boston Globe reporter Walter Robinson who broke the story on Sen John McCain and telecommunications lobbyists back in 2000 (see links to original stories below).
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/22/walter_v_robinson_...

* McCain pressed FCC in case involving major contributor (Jan 5, 2000)
Days before Senator John McCain joined hands with Senator Bill Bradley last month to decry the noxious influence of special interest campaign donors, McCain pressured the Federal Communications Commission to vote on an issue that cleared the way for a major contributor to his presidential campaign to buy a Pittsburgh television station.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2000/01/05/mccain_...
* Senator's niche image takes a hit (Jan 7, 2000)
Senator John McCain's campaign completed plans for a Florida fund-raising event sponsored by the founder of Paxson Communications just days before McCain wrote the first of two letters insisting that federal regulators vote on an issue that benefited the company, a spokesman for McCain acknowledged last night.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2000/01/07/senator...
* McCain interceded for donors, data show (Jan 9, 2000)
Senator John McCain raised nearly $90,000 from broadcast and telecommunications companies in four instances shortly before or after he interceded on their behalf with federal regulators in 1998 and 1999, according to campaign records. In several cases, according to federal campaign finance records that were matched against the letters, the correspondence to the Federal Communications Commission, which McCain's committee oversees, coincided with substantial fund-raising efforts by the companies that stood to benefit from his actions.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2000/01/09/mccain_...

--See also--
* Story Backlash
[SOURCE: The News Hour with Jim Lehrer]
Media analysts assess the recent debate over a New York Times article on Sen. John McCain's ties to a Washington lobbyist.
http://media.pbs.org/ramgen/newshour/expansion/2008/02/25/20080225_nytim...