From Politico
It turns out that this isn’t the first time the issue of John McCain’s lavish multiple residences has emerged in the heat of a campaign.
In 1986, when then-Rep. McCain was running for the Senate seat vacated by Barry Goldwater, he quietly began remodeling a $500,000 house in central Phoenix owned by his wealthy father-in-law James Hensley. The $225,000 project — which included the construction of a 4,000-square-foot addition, swimming pool, jacuzzi, cabana and barbecue — held political peril for McCain, who was already fighting charges that he was as an opportunistic carpertbagger.
The new house was located in Phoenix’s fourth congressional district — outside of the first district in Tempe which he represented at the time.
AP caught wind of the work at 7110 North Central Ave. shortly before the general election and dispatched a reporter to examine blueprints at the planning department. They found the permit applicants were listed as Hensley and a mysterious “Mr. Smith.”
The reporter tracked down McCain’s plumber, who told him he’d been told Mr. Smith’s first name was “Eldon.”
Eldon Smith, it turned out, was John McCain.
John McCain was not just a carpetbagger in Arizona, he showed himself to be a liar, using an alias to conceal an out of district house purchase. Just the type of guy we need for president, right? Lies and the lying liars who tell them – just another day in the Republican party…
Wasn’t that the painter on Murphy Brown? Did Dan Quayle suggest the name?
But that show came out in 1988, two years after this fiasco. Remember the editorial reply Murphy Brown did on the show? That was a classic, I wonder if it’s been YouTubed yet…