They’ve got nothin’ – they can’t even manufacture a credible attack.

“The lawyer deputized by Team McCain to handle the new focus on the Keating Five scandal, John Dowd, committed quite the gaffe on a conference call with reporters today. He claimed that McCain knew nothing about the fact that his wife and her father had invested in a strip mall (Fountain Square) owned by Charles Keating. Dowd today: “It was part of the inquiry, but it did not — John was unconnected to that and unaware of it at the time, and did not participate in it.” But McCain himself testified otherwise at the time. Here’s the video. And, awkwardly, Mr. Dowd himself is the lawyer examining McCain.”

LINK

And BTW, the long sentence in the paragraph beginning “I’d go further” doesn’t make sense to me. Are there some words missing? Or extra words?

Bob in HI

Having John Dowd and Robert Bennett in the video talking about Keating’s campaign contributions to John McCain and asserting that of the five Senators, John McCain was the only one to receive both personal and political benefits from Charles Keating is a great touch. Those statements discount public statements either lawyer will make over the next few weeks in theirs attempts to minimize McCain’s culpability in the Keating 5 finacial scandal.

Money quote:

“Sen McCain knew the facts because we had briefed him. He knew this was a criminal enterprise. He knew that what was being done was improper. He knew how much undue political pressure – his words, atleast originally – was being brought to bear.”

William Black is the narrator and one of the original investigators. He
does a good job breaking it down so that people can understand what happened and John McCain’s role in it.

NY Times – William Kristol – The Wright Stuff

The guy gets nearly Unanimously Roasted in 500 comments – but I’m certain he’ll be back next week some new inanity.