Let's Can The 'Reformer' Talk, OK?

Campaign workers McCain has had to fire recently:

Thomas Loeffler, lobbyist for Saudi Arabia and various defense contractors. CEO of The Loeffler Group.

Doug Goodyear, lobbyist for the military junta in Burma. CEO of DCI Group.

Doug Davenport, also works for DCI Group.

Eric Burgeson, energy lobbyist, works for Barbour Griffith & Rogers

Craig Shirley, works for anti-Hillary 527 group that's not allowed to coordinate with presidential campaigns.

Kevin Drum Comments

This is ridiculous. Except for Shirley, whose sins are a little different, all of the other four headed up or worked for big lobbying outfits. The press is reporting this as if it's just one embarrassment for McCain after another that he keeps finding out he's got lobbyists working for him, but that's not the story here. The real story is that McCain obviously knew these guys were lobbyists long before anyone pointed it out to him. You don't hire the CEO of the DCI group without knowing that the guy is a
lobbyist.

Only a child would believe that McCain didn't know who these guys were when he hired them. The press really needs to step up their game a notch on this story.