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Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 2:45 AM

Crooks and Liars: John McCain, His Lobbyist Gambling Buddy and a Shady Land Deal

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Jed Report: Mac Daddy McCain loves rolling the dice (from Connie Bruck's profile in The New Yorker): McCain is an avid gambler. Wes Gullett, a close friend who worked for McCain for years, told me that they used to play craps in Las Vegas in fourteen-hour stints, standing at the tables from 10 a.m. to midnight. [] Here are the key elements of the story: Wes Gullet is an old friend and gambling buddy of John McCain. They rolled dice together in 14-hour-long sessions in Las Vegas. Gullet was McCain's campaign manager and top senate staffer and is now a lobbyist. Gullet was hired to lobby McCain on the largest land swap in Arizona history, exchanging private land in the wilderness for valuable federally-owned land ready...
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