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McCain-Keating Letter: "I'm Yours Till Death Do Us Part"

McCain-Keating Letter: "I'm Yours Till Death Do Us Part"
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The Washington Times reports that in 1986, John McCain wrote a note on House stationery to Charles Keating, chairman of a failed savings and loan association who went to prison in the late 1980s. In the letter, McCain apologized for listing Keating as part of his Senate campaign finance committee. Keating wrote in response: "You can call me anything, write anything or do anything. I'm yours till death do us part":

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