On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:07:13 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote:

I know nothing of the particulars of Sen. McCain's confinement, but this
stuff gives off a very strong aroma of fertilizer:

Ted Guy, a former Air Force Colonel held 5 1/2 years by the Vietnamese
and McCain's senior ranking officer (SRO) in the POW camp, told the
U.S. Veteran Dispatch he cannot remember the communists ever laying a
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hand on McCain.

Other sources have told the U.S. Veteran Dispatch that the Vietnamese
^^^^^^^^^^^
are holding as much as fifty hours of film footage secretly taken of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
McCain during the time his KGB-trained handlers had him isolated from
other U.S. prisoners of war.

Some of the film, according to the sources, is of McCain receiving
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
special privileges during the time he claims he was being tortured and
held in long-term solitary confinement.

etc., etc.

and finally:

It is not yet publicly known just how much he collaborated and what
kind of favors he received in return. Those in the U.S. government
that do know are not talking.

So...guess what?...it's a conspiracy!


Yes. The quote is a bit reactionary. :-)

I meant to quote this version:
http://www.sierratimes.com/cgi-bin/i...rum=2&topic=85
which contains this bit of information:

Lest we forget, he [McCain] was also one of the "Keating Five,"
the five U.S. senators whom the convicted Phoenix savings and
loans financier, Charles Keating, a 'mega fraud' in a financial
sense comparable to that of the McCain's alleged war record,
turned to when he needed favors in Washington, Disease. "Birds of
a feather flock together?"

It's all he
http://www.azcentral.com/specials/sp...cainbook5.html


It all started in March 1987. Charles H Keating Jr., the
flamboyant developer and anti-porn crusader, needed help. The
government was poised to seize Lincoln Savings and Loan, a
freewheeling subsidiary of Keating's American Continental Corp.

As federal auditors crawled all over Lincoln, Keating was not
content to wait and hope for the best. He'd spread a lot of money
around Washington, and it was time to call in his chits.

One of his first stops was Sen. Dennis DeConcini. The Arizona
lawmaker was one of Keating's most loyal friends in Congress, and
for good reason. Keating had given thousands of dollars to
DeConcini's campaigns. At one point, DeConcini even pushed Keating
for ambassador to the Bahamas, where Keating owned a luxurious
vacation home.

Now Keating had a job for DeConcini. He wanted him to organize a
meeting with the regulators. The message: Get off Lincoln's back.
Eventually, DeConcini would set up a meeting between five senators
and the regulators. One of them was John McCain.

McCain knew Keating well. His ties to the home builder dated to
1981, when the two men met at a Navy League dinner where McCain
was the speaker.

After the speech, Keating walked up to McCain and told him that
he, too, was a Navy flier, and that he greatly respected McCain's
war record. He met McCain's wife and family. The two men became
friends.

Charlie Keating always took care of his friends, especially those
in politics. John McCain was no exception.

In 1982, during McCain's first run for the House, Keating held a
fund-raiser for him, collecting more than $11,000 from 40
employees of American Continental Corp. McCain would spend more
than $550,000 to win the primary and the general election.

In 1983, during McCain's second House race, Keating hosted a
$1,000-a-plate dinner for McCain, though he had no serious
competition and coasted into his second term. When McCain pushed
for the Senate in 1986, Keating was there with more than $50,000.

By 1987, McCain had received about $112,000 in political
contributions from Keating and his associates.

McCain had also carried a little water for Keating in Washington.
While in the House, McCain, along with a majority of
representatives, co-sponsored a resolution to delay new
regulations designed to curb risky investments by thrifts like
Lincoln. ...