One of McCain's friends and key allies in Arizona, Republican Rick Renzi has been charged with wire fraud, and money laundering.

As far back as September 2005, Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington listed Renzi as one of the "most corrupt" members of Congress. McCain's political action committee, Friends of John McCain, donated $2,000 to Renzi, despite the controversy surrounding him.

The US Attorney in charge of the Renzi investigation, was later forced out of office as part of "Attorneygate." DOJ officials in Washington pressured his office to delay the Renzi indictment until after McCain's victory in November.
That's exactly what ended up happening.

McCain commented:
"I'm sorry. I feel for the family; as you know, he has 12 children," McCain told reporters on the presidential campaign trail. "But I don't know enough of the details to make a judgment. These kinds of things are always very unfortunate.... I rely on our Department of Justice and system of justice to make the right outcome."

Right outcome for <who?>