Key Obama aide steps aside

[Manuel]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A key member of Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, Jim Johnson, is stepping down after criticism over a mortgage he received, the Obama campaign said Wednesday.

"Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept," the presumed Democratic presidential nominee said.

Republicans had been hammering Johnson since The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that he received a good deal on a mortgage from Countrywide because of his friendship with Angelo Mozilo, the company's CEO.

Obama has criticized Countrywide in connection with the subprime mortgage crisis.

Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for Sen. John McCain, the presumed GOP presidential nominee, said Johnson's resignation "raises serious questions about Barack Obama's judgment. ... By entrusting this process to a man who has now been forced to step down because of questionable loans, the American people have reason to question the judgment of a candidate who has shown he will only make the right call when under pressure from the news media.

Source: Key member of Obama's VP committee steps aside - CNN.com

 

[doeton]

pretty much already addressed in thread titled

"obama and country-wide"

just saying...

 

[Manuel]

pretty much already addressed in thread titled

"obama and country-wide"

just saying...

Ups