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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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Lobbyist in McCain Flap Speaks Out
Vicki Iseman (By Stephen J. Boitano / AP)
Vicki Iseman, the lobbyist who The New York Times tried to connect with Sen. John McCain, has broken her silence, saying unequivocally that she never was romantically involved with the Arizona lawmaker.
"I did not have a sexual relationship with Sen. McCain," Iseman told the National Journal. "I never had an affair or an inappropriate relationship with Sen. McCain, and that means I never acted unethically in my dealings with the senator."
She added: "I have never even been alone with Sen. McCain."
In February, Iseman figured prominently in an explosive, 3,000-word front-page story in The Times, which quoted unnamed McCain aides who said they had worked to keep the senator and lobbyist apart amid rumors the pair might have a romantic relationship.
Iseman questioned the story's reporting and blamed John Weaver, a former McCain aide who was quoted by The Times and The Post. Iseman said Weaver had an "axe to grind" and he made The Times reporters into his "marionettes."
At the time the story ran, it generated immediate controversy and questions among columnists and news organizations about how the story should have been handled. The McCain campaign issued a statement saying the story was a "a hit and run smear campaign."
The Post, which published its own story on McCain's dealings with Iseman soon after The Times, did not characterize the interaction as a romantic relationship.
The Times has continued to stand behind its story, said Dean Baquet, an assistant managing editor who runs the newspaper's Washington bureau.
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Posted by: Joe Texas | October 18, 2008 2:40 PM
I'm voting for Obama. I see this as idiotic reporting. McCain has been honest about the past. Why question his character in this report? There have been no reports of his being unfaithful since he married Cindy McCain. This is ridiculous mudslinging as is the lies the Republican Party is throwing Obama's way. I like McCain. I am voting for Obama but I really don't place McCain in the same light as so many other politicians who there have been many reports of unfaithfulness to their marriages. Why now with McCain? The way I see it, if this were true there would be other reports out there of other women as well. Come on. Get a grip.
Posted by: Robin | October 18, 2008 3:16 PM
you know that you had a affair with him you could not reseaset his old self so you went for him when you knew he had a wife you nastey hoe
Posted by: kay kay & vondoe | October 20, 2008 1:45 PM
obamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa all day long get at me
Posted by: kay kay &vondoe | October 20, 2008 1:49 PM
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Once a cheater, always a cheater. Didn't Mccain cheat on his first wife with some young flusey. What was her name? You know the affair that pissed off the Reagans. Oh yeah, Mccain cheated on his first wife with some flusey named Cindy.