Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is continuing his call to end government corruption, which was also a central theme in his previous bid for the presidency.

In this campaign ad, McCain says, “We need lobbying reform, we need ethics reform, and we need a legislative reform� that will keep Congress from wasting billions of taxpayer dollars.

Of corruption in Washington, McCain says, “It’s really bad, and Americans’ view of Congress is much lower than that of the president of the United States,� citing the scandals of former Congressmen Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.) and Bob Ney (R-Ohio).

McCain asserts that the midterm election results, which many have seen as a statement on Iraq policy, were also a mandate to end government corruption. “Iraq obviously was the dominant issue, but also equally dominant was the perception on the part of the American people of corruption in Washington, and you know what they’re right,� McCain says.

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 24th, 2007 at 3:06 pm and is filed under Politics, Presidential Campaign .