McCain’s Battered Lobbyists

Public and Private Realties Differ

• By Anna Palmer and Kate Ackley
• Roll Call Staff
• May 21, 2008, Midnight

In the midst of a mini-purge of Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) K Street-connected campaign staff and the release of guidelines for lobbyists who advise his presidential effort, the McCain campaign quietly reached out to the same crowd it was distancing itself from publicly.