McCain backed land swap to benefit friends

Short version of story: McCain pushed for a land swap that would've benefited billionaire Carl Lindner, an associate of Charles Keating. The land deal would've ruined a desert featuring rare cactuses and Hopi artifacts by allowing a golf course and luxury homes to be built there.

Long version of story:

http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1271052.html

This contrasts with McCain's efforts to paint himself as a maverick and a champion of congressional ethics.

Yes, I know that around the time this was going on, there was a wingnut-on-wingnut pie fight happening in my own region of influence, and it was hard to tell which side to oppose more. Hopefully this'll clear the air.