Update on the relationship between McCain and Keating:
[quote]McCain and Keating: ‘Till death do us part’
In 1986 John McCain wrote a political note — on official House of Representatives stationary — apologizing to Charles H. Keating Jr. for his campaign having listed his good friend and supporter as part of McCain’s Senate campaign finance committee.
Keating responded with a handwritten note — addressed to “senator,” seven months before McCain won his Senate seat — telling him not to sweat it, “I’m yours till death do us part.”
The back-and-forth came when McCain was still in the House but seeking a Senate seat, and the year before he and a handful of other senators met with banking regulators on behalf of Keating.
McCain wrote: “As you know, I am deeply appreciative of your friendship and support over the years, and I would not want to do anything which would offend you. Please accept my apology, and be assured that there will be no future repetition of this kind.”
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