McCain Burmese Junta Defender Akin To Clinton's Hiring Mark Penn?

Politico's Jonathan Martin reports:
McCain convention chief quits after past ties to Burma revealed (link)

The PR executive John McCain just tapped to help run the GOP convention quit today after a report that his firm once represented the Burmese junta that is now doing little to relieve its people from the devastation incurred by this week’s cyclone. Doug Goodyear, CEO of the DCI Group, said in a statement issued by the convention committee that he was resigning “so as not to become a distraction in this campaign.” Asked whether he made the decision to quit or was asked by the campaign, Goodyear said: "My decision.""[It was] unambiguously the right thing to do," he said in an email to Politico.
In a piece posted online today, Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff reported that DCI represented Burma’s military regime in 2002. DCI is a well-regarded firm in the Republican orbit, but has been known to represent some politically controversial clients.
Given McCain’s ardor for campaign finance reform and the number of lobbyists and
PR gurus who comprise the senior ranks of his campaign, his aides are acutely
sensitive to appearances. Goodyear accepted the post just this past week

Penn, of course, is a big cog in the PR firm whose clients range from defenders of murderous Blackwater mercenaries to the GOP-favored Columbia trade deal.
(h/t Doug)

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