February 21, 2008
Posted: February 21st, 2008 10:30 AM ET
(CNN) - Former McCain political adviser John Weaver confirms to CNN that he did approach lobbyist Vicki Iseman about eight years ago, during McCain’s first presidential run, and told her she was threatening to undermine the heart of McCain’s campaign – that he is a reformer. Weaver says he arranged the meeting with Iseman - first reported by the New York Times - out of concern that she was “telling people around town” she was getting access to, and had influence with, McCain that Weaver says she did not have. But Weaver insists he never talked to or asked Iseman about any romantic relationship with McCain because “there was no reason to.” “My concern wasn’t about anything John had done, it was about her comments it was about access she claimed to have had,” Weaver told CNN. “I had no reason to question her about anything that is implied in the New York Times story.” Weaver was McCain’s campaign manager until this past summer, when he left as part of a staff shakeup. But Weaver tells CNN he still talks to campaign officials on a daily basis and he still “loves John McCain.” “I don’t have an axe to grind,” Weaver said. Weaver also says he gave the New York Times only one response, via e-mail back in December, to a series of questions they had asked him. He adds that he told the campaign he had communicated with the Times. Related: McCain denies inappropriate relationship with lobbyist –CNN's Dana Bash Filed under: John McCain |
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