Amongst all the media teeth-gnashing over the question of whether McCain did special favors for his blondie lobbyist,Â his wifeâ€™s sweetheart deal for massive narcotics theft in the 1990s has been forgotten.

If a poor black woman from Anacostia had committed the crimes that Cindy McCain committed, the black woman might have been sent to prison for the duration of her life.

John McCain has never shown any courage on the drug war.Â As long as people like his wife donâ€™t need to fear jail time for crimes, there is no reason to reform the law toÂ cease the persecution of other Americans. Â

Here’s an excerpt on the case from an article I did for Playboy in 1997. (Full text of the piece, which detailsÂ how many congressmen’s kinÂ escaped hard time for drug offenses,Â is here).