Ira Stoll on Sheldon Adelson’s “Foreign Money” and John McCain’s Hypocrisy

The Republican Party’s 2008 presidential
candidate, John McCain, is warning about foreign money influencing
American elections this year via casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, a
prominent supporter of Republican politicians. It may have
been the lowest moment of Senator McCain’s political career, writes
Ira Stoll. First, there’s the hypocrisy of it–McCain received
money from Adelson when he ran for president in 2008. But his
stance also reveals xenophobia and a stunning disconnect from the
realities of the global economy.Â