McCain to Vet Aides “More Thoroughly” for Lobbying TiesMcCain is rolling out a new way of doing things — instead of reacting to news stories that point out the fact that his advisors are lobbying for clients in opposition to his stated policies, he’s going to root such contradictions out himself:
Sen. John McCain said today that his campaign will do a better job scrutinizing the people who work for it, given the resignation of two officials who had ties to a firm representing Myanmar’s military junta….“People will be thoroughly, more thoroughly, vetted and we’ll make sure that that is the case.”
He specifically referred to the two people who were tied to Myanmar—Doug Davenport, a regional campaign director for Mid-Atlantic states, and Doug Goodyear, who was slated to run the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., this summer.
“We found out that these two individuals had represented that country and so they left. We will vet everyone very seriously to make sure there’s not a repetition,” McCain told reporters.