John McCain against lobbyists – except when he’s for them

The New York Times and the Washington Post deliver separate takedowns on the reality vs. the myth of the Schmuck Talk Express™.

Both document how he has no problem with listening to lobbyists, especially former staff members who have become lobbyists, to help with sweetheart land deals back in Arizona.

They also note McCain is an environmentalist only up to the point it has the smallest of conflicts with development.

The Arizona Republic, conservative as it is, has had no problem showing the Schmuck Talk has no clothes, and doing so for years.

The paper notes the “maverick” stances of Big John somehow disappear around presidential elections, based on his Senate votes in 1999, 2000, 2007 and 2008.