1/3 Nine years ago, Sen. John McCain simmered on the hot seat as he underwent interrogation with the rest of the so-called Keating Five for meeting with federal savings and loan regulators on behalf of a big campaign benefactor.
In phoenixlike fashion, the Arizona Republican pulled himself up from the depths of that scandal, winning exoneration after a Senate ethics inquiry that ended the careers of three of his colleagues.
Now, as he runs for president as a white knight crusading to rid politics of "corrupt money," his campaign's chase for cash is tinged with irony: He is building relationships that, perhaps unavoidably, rekindle images of his Keating Five ...