Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Aug 9, 2008 at 1:24 PM Pacific

Putting Country Second


John McCain talks strategy with Randy Scheunemann, his top foreign policy adviser. Scheunemann has made hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying on behalf of foreign governments, even as he was advising McCain on foreign policy.

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Here's the question Americans ought to ponder: should the next president's top foreign policy adviser get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby on behalf of foreign governments?

And just as importantly, what does it say about McCain's judgment that he apparently sees nothing wrong with the practice?

Putting Country Second


John McCain talks strategy with Randy Scheunemann, his top foreign policy adviser. Scheunemann has made hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying on behalf of foreign governments, even as he was advising McCain on foreign policy.

::: :::

Here's the question Americans ought to ponder: should the next president's top foreign policy adviser get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby on behalf of foreign governments?

And just as importantly, what does it say about McCain's judgment that he apparently sees nothing wrong with the practice?

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