Monday the Obama campaigned rolled out a Web site and online documentary about Sen. McCain and Charles Keating.
The Statement: The campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama on Monday, Oct. 6, unveiled a Web site noting that Republican opponent Sen. John McCain played a key role in the Senate's "Keating Five" scandal of the 1980s. "McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators tasked with preventing banking fraud, and championed legislation to delay regulation of the savings and loan industry - actions that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers," the site says.
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