Originally Posted By: whomod
....they paid $2m to the man who is now John McCain's campaign manager in order to buy influence with John McCain as Senator and as possible president (they also paid him to derail legislation that would have increased federal regulation of the banking industry). There should be a campaign to demand that McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, give ever penny back to the American people. ...


Yeah, the Obamainstream Media tried to make an issue of Davis doing lobbying for a group called the HomeOwnership Alliance from 2000 to 2005. The HomeOwnership Alliance was a group of 20 organizations that included Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Of course, McCain introduced a bill to reduce the risk Fannie and Freddie posed to taxpayers... back in 2005
  • For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs–and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO’s report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay. I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole. I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation.

So one of McCain's current staffers was a lobbyist for a group that included FM/FM, and yet during that time, McCain introduced legislation those groups opposed.

That would seem to discredit the idea that McCain was somehow in bed with these people, wouldn't it?

BTW, just wondering, has Obama ever proposed a law that his donors would object to?