http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0824pageaug24,0,2452540.column
Barack Obama was never accused of any wrongdoing; Obama bought the mansion with profits from his book. Obama only bought a small strip of an adjacent side lot from Rezko's wife.
What's more, when Obama purchased the strip of land, Rezko was under investigation. That doesn't sound all to wise, and it probably was a mistake, but INNOCENT until PROVEN guilty...which Rezko had not been at the time.
Meanwhile, McCain has his own dirty little secret...Charles Keating, a scandal-connected fundraiser for McCain.
McCain, by comparison, was investigated along with four other senators for meeting with Keating and later with bank regulators. Keating was trying to persuade the government to ease up on his industry at the time. He was later convicted of defrauding thousands of investors, most of them elderly, out of their life savings.
McCain got off with a criticism from the Senate Ethics Committee for his "poor judgment."
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