The maverick reform candidate John McCain claims on the campaign trail that Jack Abramoff and “his lobbyist cronies” have felt the impact of his efforts to combat the lobbying industry. But campaign finance filings show that McCain accepted more than $100,000 from employees of Abramoff’s old firm, Greenberg Traurig. McCain has also accepted more than $400,000 from lobbying firms and 59 of his “bundlers” are lobbyists. (Huffington Post)
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