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Prodigy, 21, about to become doctor
WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a presidential hopeful, is catching fire from Democrats for hiring a senior adviser linked to the Tom DeLay criminal case.
Terry Nelson, political director for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, was hired by McCain's Straight Talk America PAC, a move the Democratic National Committee immediately jumped on for what it sees as proof of the GOP's "culture of corruption," playing up Nelson's ties to money-laundering charges against DeLay, a Republican U.S. House of Representatives member from Texas.
"A reputed champion of campaign finance reform, John McCain just hired the middleman in Tom DeLay's money-laundering scheme," the DNC charged.
Nelson was deputy chief of staff at the Republican National Committee in 2002 when DeLay employee Jim Ellis allegedly delivered a check to Nelson for $190,000 in corporate contributions. Texas law bars the use of corporate funds for political purposes. Funds later went to seven candidates named in the initial transaction by a non-federal RNC arm.
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