Keating Five
McCain became embroiled in a
scandal during the 1980s, as one of five United States senators comprising the so-called
Keating Five.
[102] Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in lawful
[103] political contributions from
Charles Keating Jr. and his associates at
Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, along with trips on Keating's jets
[102] that McCain belatedly repaid, in 1989.
[104] In 1987, McCain was one of the five senators whom Keating contacted in order to prevent the government's seizure of Lincoln, and McCain met twice with federal regulators to discuss the government's investigation of Lincoln.
[102] In 1999, McCain said: "The appearance of it was wrong. It's a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And it was the wrong thing to do."
[105] In the end, McCain was cleared by the Senate Ethics Committee of acting improperly or violating any law or Senate rule, but was mildly rebuked for exercising "poor judgment".[103][105][106]
In his 1992 re-election bid, the Keating Five affair was not a major issue,
[107] and he won handily, gaining 56 percent of the vote to defeat Democratic community and
civil rights activist Claire Sargent and independent former governor,
Evan Mecham.
[108]
Ask yourself why his own children refused to attend his wedding to his side piece as well
