A possible affair between John McCain and a lobbyist (a younger clone of wife Cindy) is the least important part of the stories published in the New York Times and Washington Post. The reports detail McCain’s close ties to the lobbyists that decide the fate of American society, behind closed doors, in private jets, on sumptious yachts.
Christy Hardin Smith digs deeper into this in an article on Firedoglake.com (read them here and here). McCain is more tied to lobbyists than any other candidate. I’m struck by how much McCain’s committee green-lighted the kinds of mergers that killed thousands of good jobs with benefits, while enriching the CEO class that employs the lobbyists. These mergers are key elements behind the pressure on the middle class and the loss of good corporate jobs in cities around the country, not to mention their damage to competition.
Meanwhile, McCain faces yet more trouble from the Federal Elections Commission, which is saying he may be forced to stick with a spending cap for the next six months.