****** NOW PLAYING: KEATING 5 MOVIE*******

[radfringe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g72BuIvMbWY

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Make sure to cross post that in the video group

[VeraAgnes]

2. Let's realize this stains democrats much more than mccain!

Let's just put this to bed.............the 4 out of the 5 are all democrats...mccain is the only republican.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five

The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators, Alan Cranston (D-CA), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), John Glenn (D-OH), John McCain (R-AZ), and Donald W. Riegle (D-MI), were accused of improperly intervening in 1987 on behalf of Charles H. Keating, Jr., chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of a regulatory investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB). The FHLBB subsequently backed off taking action against Lincoln.

Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed in 1989, at a cost of $2 billion to the federal government. Some 23,000 Lincoln bondholders were defrauded and many elderly investors lost their life savings. The substantial political contributions that Keating had made to each of the senators, totalling $1.3 million, attracted considerable public and media attention. After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee determined in 1991 that Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, and Donald Riegle had substantially and improperly interfered with the FHLBB in its investigation of Lincoln Savings, with Cranston receiving a formal reprimand. Senators John Glenn and John McCain were cleared of having acted improperly but were criticized for having exercised "poor judgment".

[eleny]

4. Those 4 Dems aren't running for president and that's the real significance here

It's McCain's stain.

[VeraAgnes]

6. it's a double-edge sword

Ohio adores John Glenn. They will not accept fellow democrats dragging him thru the mud....So, you want to give ohio to mccain? It's already close..let's just throw it away.

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[LSK]

3. give the video forum posting some love

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=207741&mesg_id=207741

[Omaha Steve]

5. You Tube servers can't keep up

Everybody is watching this.

[SeattleGirl]

9. Can't wait to get home from work so I can watch! n/t