straight talk indeed...

...seems John McCain has gotten awfully cozy w/a certain lobbyist.
Keith is breaking this NYT story on Countdown as we speak.

"Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.

A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, in his offices and aboard a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.

When news organizations reported that Mr. McCain had written letters to government regulators on behalf of the lobbyist’s clients, the former campaign associates said, some aides feared for a time that attention would fall on her involvement."

this is an interesting turn of events. let's see how Mr. Straight Talk spins this one. buckle up & stay tuned.

huffpo has more here & here.