On February 20, 2008, The New York Times broke a story involving a possible romantic affair (and misuse of McCain's congressional authority) eight years earlier between McCain and lobbyist Vicki Iseman, both of whom deny the allegations.
The relationship allegedly existed during McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. In separate interviews with The New York Times, two former associates of McCain said they warned him that he was risking his campaign and his political career.
Both said McCain acknowledged behaving inappropriately and that he pledged to keep his distance from Iseman. The associates said they had become disillusioned with the senator, spoke independently of each other and provided details that were corroborated by others.
The Times article says that Iseman acknowledged in an e-mail message to The Times that she had sent to McCain’s staff information for drafting a letter urging a swift F.C.C. approval for a television deal which one of her clients wanted. McCain complied and sent two such letters to the commission resulting in a rare rebuke for interference from the F.C.C. chairman. The Washington Post followed up with a similar story.
A McCain spokesperson characterized the story as a "hit and run smear campaign" and "gutter politics" and went on to say, "It is a shame that the New York Times has lowered its standards [...
] McCain spoke in a press conference the following day saying, "I'm very disappointed in the article. It's not true." He stated he never showed favoritism for her clients.
As posted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain#Alle...
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