Here’s the last graf from the Washington Post follow-up.
Iseman and her firm, which includes high-profile Republicans and Democrats, have also represented a number of other companies that have had issues before McCain and the Commerce Committee, including Univision, the Spanish-language television network. Iseman clients have given nearly $85,000 to McCain campaigns since 2000, according to records at the Federal Election Commission.
Hang on a second. Eighty-five grand? Over eight years? That’s it? He was the chairman of the committee!
If McCain is an extortionist, he’s a pathetic excuse for one. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) shook down the hedge fund industry for ten times that amount in a single month. That’s how you take advantage of people under your purview.