Page 6 - Keating Five News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

His name is john mccain. now elected to the senate seat of retiring barry goldwater. >> after two terms in the house mccain won election to the senate. but it didn't take long for scandal to threaten his political career. during the 1980s the savings and loan crisis rocked the country. >> it was a mini version of what became the wall street blowup of 2008. and voters were angry. >> john mccain's old arizona friend and political contributor charles keating's lending institution was at the heart of the scandal. because of his close ties to the embattled businessman, mccain became embroiled in on...

>> as senate ethics committee hearings into the so-called keating 5 today the senators fought back against charges of wrongdoing. >> when he came to see me in march of 1987 and asked me to do something i thought was improper, i said no. >> mccain was criticized for exercising poor judgment for meeting with regulators on keating's behalf. but eventually he was cleared of wrongdoing. >> the notion that anyone would question his honesty or integrity or to think he could be bought off on a vote was so antithetical to who he was that i think he was almost at the point where he was willing to walk a...

Iowa upbringing. >> mccain released 1973 and awarded silver and bronze stars. a purple heart in the distinguished flying cross. his wounds left him with impaired physical abilities for the rest of his life. he retired from the navy as a captain in 1981 after marrying cindy hensley, a teacher from arizona. he moved to phoenix and got into politics serving two terms in the house of representatives. he was elected to the senate in 1986 redeveloped repetition as a maverick. while he voted with this party was the time it became clear is willing to buck the public and leadership and occasionally cli...

A purple heart in the distinguished flying cross. his wounds left him with impaired physical abilities for the rest of his life. he retired from the navy as a captain in 1981 after marrying cindy hensley, a teacher from arizona. he moved to phoenix and got into politics serving two terms in the house of representatives. he was elected to the senate in 1986 redeveloped repetition as a maverick. while he voted with this party was the time it became clear is willing to buck the public and leadership and occasionally climate democrats. >> mccain's political career at about 1989 when he and four ot...

>> after two terms in the house, mccain won election to the senate, but it didn't take long for scandal to threaten his political career. during the 1980s, the savings and loan crisis rocked the country. >> it was a mini version of what became the wall street blowup of 2008. and voters were angry. >> john mccain's old arizona friend and political contributor, charles lyndon 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. history, as a member of the infamous keating five...