McCain denies sexual relationship with lobbyist.
John McCain’s relationship with Vicki Iseman, a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry, has drawn renewed scrutiny now that he has all but won the Republican presidential nomination. Apparently his senate staff began to notice she was visiting unusually often and intervened to protect their boss. McCain and Ms. Iseman have denied any sexual involvement, but hints of impropriety remain.
McCain’s much touted status as a hard-fighting reformer is challenged in a report today from the New York Times:
Like other presidential candidates, he has relied on lobbyists to run his campaigns. Since a cash crunch last summer, several of them — including his campaign manager, Rick Davis, who represented companies before Mr. McCain’s Senate panel — have been working without pay, a gift that could be worth tens of thousands of dollars. In recent weeks, Mr. McCain has hired another lobbyist, Mark Buse, to run his Senate office. In his case, it was a round trip through the revolving door: Mr. Buse had directed Mr. McCain’s committee staff for seven years before leaving in 2001 to lobby for telecommunications companies.
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