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As we face this current financial upheaval, it?s surprising to me that few people are discussing John McCain?s dubious role in another financial debacle, the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Why isn?t anyone addressing the fact that McCain was one of the ?Keating 5,? five senators investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee for influencing regulators in the Lincoln Savings and Loan bailout? Investors lost millions and taxpayers lost billions, making it the largest of the S&L scandals. It seems to me this is a part of McCain?s resume that should be part of today?s political debate.

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