I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Lobbyist
February 21, 2008 | 11:12 am | by t-blender |Rate It:
laTimes.com: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was “not true.”
The story, first circulated by blogger Matt Drudge last December, shook the McCain campaign last night when the newspaper released a story on its website alleging that an unnamed former aide to McCain had warned the telecommunications lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, to stay away from him during his presidential campaign in 2000. His campaign dismissed the story as “gutter politics.”
McCain, who is on the verge of clinching the GOP nomination for president, denied categorically that he had ever had a romantic relationship with Iseman or that he had ever done anything that would “betray the public trust” or give undue favor to lobbyists. He also said his staffers never told him they were concerned with the relationship.
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