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Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:50 AM

Crooks and Liars: McCain lobbyist controversy intensifies, Obama piles on

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When the McCain quietly acknowledged on Saturday that Tom Loeffler, the national finance co-chairman of the presidential campaign, had resigned over his lobbying ties, advisors probably hoped it would go by largely unnoticed. Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff ran with the story , and blogs picked up on it, but would five key campaign resignations in a week become a major headache for the McCain gang? It sure looks like it. The Washington Post ran a front-page item this morning, with a headline the campaign won’t like at all: “A Fifth Top Aide To McCain Resigns; Finance Co-Chairman’s Lobbying Ties Are Cited.” [Loeffler] is the fifth person to sever ties with the campaign amid a growing concern over whether lobbyists have too great an...
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