How closely is McCain tied to Wall Street?

Only 84 of the 177 lobbyists on his campaign staff have ties to the financial industry. Why's everybody so worked up about lobbyists anyway? Are they good at exerting influence...? Oh. Well, maybe they can at least scare up some money to pay for the mortgage buyout McCain adopted for tonight's debate? It's clearly not cheap. Meanwhile, if we can't let the government fix health care, or regulate banks, how's McCain figure bureaucrats will handle millions of mortages in any timely way?

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