John McCain don't know much about economics, either, which maybe explains why he doesn't understand that it's problematic to talk about how he won't "play election-year politics with the housing crisis" while "two of his top advisers were recently lobbyists for a notorious lender in the mortgage meltdown."John Green, the senator's chief liaison to Congress, and Wayne Berman, his national finance co-chairman, billed more than $720,000 in lobbying fees from 2005 through last year to Ameriquest Mortgage through their lobbying firm, disclosure forms reviewed by the Daily News show.All aboard the Straight Talk Express! Beep beep!
Ameriquest, which since has been bought out, was forced to settle suits with 49 states for $325 million. More than 13,680 New York homeowners got taken for a ride by the company, records show.
"They would be defined as the most blatant and aggressive predatory lenders out of everybody," said Bruce Marks, head of the nonprofit Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America.
Says Nicole Belle, who gets the hat tip, "But will the media bother to confront McCain about this derailing from his 'straight talk' against special interests and lobbyists? Nah, I don't think they will either." One more ticket for the "no chance" train, please.
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