John McCain Odds Not Affected by "Lobbyist" Scandal

All the political talk on Thursday centered around a controversial piece that appeared in the day's edition of The New York Times focused on John McCain and an alleged "intimate" relationship he had with a female lobbyist.

McCain and his wife - who oddly resembles the lobbyist Vicki Iseman - flatly denied the accusations.

"Obviously I'm very disappointed in the article. It's not true," he said at a hastily arranged press conference in Toledo, Ohio with wife Cindy beside him, rebutting the suggestion of an affair eight years ago.

Asked directly if he had had a relationship with the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, the Arizona senator said "no," and said they had been just "friends" who had last met "several months ago."

"Something like this is always distracting and very disappointing and I hope we can, by doing what we're doing here, put to rest the whole situation," McCain said.

"But hopefully we can get this thing resolved and behind us and move forward with the campaign. I'm confident that we will move forward... and I'm confident we will get the nomination."

Oddsmakers haven't flinched either.  They still list John McCain with 3-2 odds, a point better than Hillary Clinton, to become the next U.S. President.  Barack Obama remained the favorite at Sportsbook.com \

Republican contenders, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul, were listed with 30-1 odds and 100-1 odds, respectively. 

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Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com

Originally published February 21, 2008 3:11 pm EST

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