John McCain Advised by Man who helped Exempt energy trading from regulation and oversight

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The Democratic National Committee, however, is making sure that the public doesn't forget about McCain's own advisers and their controversies. Today, it unveiled a Web site -- dubbed "With Advisers Like These..." -- that takes aim at former US Sen. Phil Gramm, Carly Fiorina, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

In particular, Democrats have singled out Gramm, whom McCain has called the smartest economist and political strategist he knows, for helping to exempt energy trading from regulation and oversight -- what Obama yesterday called the "Enron loophole."

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