From the ArcaMax Publishing, Politics Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/politics/s-366880-159844
PHOENIX (UPI) -- Analysts say likely Republican presidential nominee
John McCain faces an ethical dilemma because of his wife's ownership
of a major beer wholesaler.
As a U.S. senator, McCain, R-Ariz., has recused himself from voting on
issues involving alcohol regulation because his wife and her family
control Hensley & Co. of Phoenix, one of the nation's biggest beer
wholesaling operations. But that wouldn't be an option for him as
president, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
"You can't run a beer company out of the White House," Samuel Popkin,
a political science professor at the University of California San
Diego told the Times. "You can't run any company from the White House.
McCain is leaving a live hand grenade on the table, a major
embarrassment."
Records show Hensley & Co. is major player in the National Beer
Wholesalers Association, which operates the nation's seventh-largest
political action committee and has gone up against activists on a
hotly debated proposal to require alcohol content labeling on beer.
The McCain campaign issued a statement to the Times, saying "any
decisions going forward will be made when John McCain wins the
election and takes office, and not before."