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Country. >> it became what was the plowup of 2008 and the washington voters were angry. >> charles key's lending institution was at the heart of the scandal. because of his close ties to the embattled businessman, mccain became embroiled in one of the biggest financial scandals in u.s. as a member of the infamous keating 5. >> the keating 5 scandal was the accusation that the u.s. senate had been showered with campaign contributions and personal gifts from charles keating and because of this, they intervened with federal regulators to try and get charles keating back. >> when he came to see me...

>> because he felt so disloyal? >> he felt shame. that he had let the country down. >> reporter: finally after nearly 5 1/2 years in prison, mccain was released. >> you still see the impact of that today. the way he was tied. you know, the way he can't raise his arms. his hands. can't comb his hair. the things we take for granted. >> reporter: his marriage to first wife, carol, who waited anxiously for mccain while imprisoned, fell apart. captain mccain became a naval reyr liaison to the senate where he caught the political bug. in 1982 he ran for the house from arizona. home with new wife, ci...