"Tell me with whom you walk, and I'll tell you who you are," goes the old adage.

By that wisdom, John McCain is Phil Gramm, which is another way of saying he's Wall Street and corporate America. Not only has McCain filled his campaign staff with big-business lobbyists, but he's also put such corporate-minded characters as Gramm by his side as top policy advisors, walking in step with them.

You might remember Phil as the right-wing Texas senator who chaired the Senate b ...

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