McCain spokesmodel Jill Hazelbaker responds to reports of McCain involved in a likely sexual relationship with a telecom lobbyist that lead to favoritism and indulgences. The statement does not make any explicit reference to or denial of an affair between McCain and Vicki Iseman.

What I’m sure an intrepid journalist would want to find out is why the lobbying firm that McCain’s sweetie was a partner of scrubbed her from their website. Here’s what Vicki Iseman’s bio page used to look like on Alcade & Fay’s website. Now it’s blank. Likewise, their staff listing used to include Vicki Iseman’s name. Now Iseman’s name, which linked to her bio, is absent from their staff list.

It seems that the McCain campaign, through hatchet man Bob Bennett, is out in force to try to kill this story in the press. Shame on the press if this story doesn’t get full and detailed coverage. The Times buried it until McCain had secured the nomination – a fact reminiscent of the suppression of the Tims’ Risen and Lichtblau’s story on warrantless wiretapping of Americans in advance of the 2004 presidential election. Hopefully the press can do a better job delving into McCain’s corrupt past as we move forward this story. I predict that there is a great deal of corruption yet to come out.

Update:

Now Iseman’s bio is back on the Alcade & Fay website and staff list, with some contact information removed. Iseman’s bio is now at a different URL than before.