Release: McCain Stands With Wall Street Donors, Against Arizona Families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 2010

McCain Stands with Wall Street Donors, against Arizona Families

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Monday, Sen. John McCain stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Wall Street bankers, voting against financial reforms that would hold banks and financial firms accountable, provide consumer protections, and make future Wall Street bailouts unnecessary.

Since 1990, McCain has accepted $13.2 million from special interests, including securities, banks, and financial interests. Now, instead of standing with Arizona families, he is standing with his Wall Street benefactors who swindled America into the worst economic mess since the Great Depression, including Goldman Sachs who is now under investigation for defrauding investors.

“Arizonans need a U.S. Senator who will stand on the side of Main Street and stand up to Wall Street and other powerful special interests,” said U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman, “Arizonans are living in the debris of the last financial bomb set off by high-risk financial foolishness, and the next bomb is ticking because Washington insiders like John McCain refuse to stop the bad behavior that led to financial crisis.”

“The Constitution gives Arizona two senate seats,” Glassman said. “It’s time to take one of those seats back from Wall Street.”

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