Yesterday's news was all about John and Cindy McCain's four seven eight twelve multi-million dollar homes. However there is another house that wasn't mentioned because they don't own it at the moment but goes straight to the heart of John McCain's willingness to do anything for the sake of political expediency. That little house is located at 921 E. Lamplighter Lane in Tempe, Arizona and it was bought in 1982, the year McCain ran for Congress.
From The East Valley Tribune:
Collins and Jeff Grillion, young mortgage consultants, said McCain's residency never came up before they closed on the foreclosed two-story house in April. Neighbors over their back fence were the first to pass on the news, and from then on whenever they met others living on Lamplighter Lane in The Lakes subdivision they heard it again and again.
"They'd say, 'You'd never believe who used to live there,' " Grillion said.
Collins admitted they possess no proof that under their roof once lived the man who may become the 44th president of the United States of America.
But the Maricopa County Recorder does hold the conclusive evidence. A warranty deed from 1987 shows the home being sold by Eagle Enterprises, whose general partner is listed as James W. Hensley - McCain's father-in-law.
Now being as wealthy as the McCain's are, why would they want to live a block south of Baseline Rd. when they can easily live in the more affluent areas of Scottsdale and Paradise Valley? Well that is because the house was then in the 1st Congressional District and McCain wanted to run for the seat even though he wasn't a resident.
As Timberg states in his book, "John McCain: An American Odyssey," on the very day of Rhodes' news conference announcing his retirement, Cindy bought the Lamplighter house.
And in late 1986, before McCain was voted into his first term in the Senate, a report from The Associated Press revealed he planned to move after the election and wanted that news kept quiet.
A reporter had found permits filed with the city for the remodeling of Cindy's childhood home in north-central Phoenix. Oddly, the permits were submitted under the name "Smith" - the maiden name of Cindy's mother - rather than McCain.
How sneaky! Is that the type of man you want in the White House? I think not.
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