While Jack Abramoff [3] serves a six-year prison sentence stemming from his role in one of the most elaborate corruption scandals in American politics, one of his most prominent former lobbyist associates, Ralph Reed [4], is raising funds for Republican presidential candidate John McCain [5]. Previously, notes Alexander Lane, Reed "was credited as a key operative in George W. Bush [6]'s sharp-elbowed effort against McCain in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary in 2000. McCain, in turn, chaired the Senate Indian Affairs Committee [7] in 2006 when it investigated and unveiled Reed's deep personal and business ties to Abramoff, a lobbyist who pleaded guilty to three felonies." Apparently all is forgiven. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published an email by Reed [8], inviting recipients to a McCain fundraiser and praising his commitment to "economic growth and opportunity, the dignity of life and traditional values."