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John McCain
stated on May 26, 2010 in a political ad:

As a Congressman, J.D. Hayworth was an avid earmarker who supported such pork as "$220,000 to renovate a Maine Blueberry farm" and "$5.8 million for a Vermont snowmobile trail."

By Robert Farley • July 16, 2010
John McCain
stated on June 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010