A few days ago, John McCain introduced a bill to kill net neutrality. Today the Center for Responsive Politics (Opensecrets.org) posts a revealing statistic that should leave little doubt as to why McCain chose that path:

Opensecrets.org (10-28-09): No current member of Congress has received more money from AT&T, Verizon, telephone utility companies or telecom services and equipment companies than McCain. Together, AT&T and Verizon have contributed $733,450 to the senator (including for his 2008 presidential campaign) since 1989, while the industries have given him a combined $1.9 million in that time.

SEN. HARRY REID (12-7-2007): First of all, Joe Lieberman, Joe Lieberman is my friend, and he is a good Democrat, votes with us on everything, except the war. So Joe Lieberman is easy to work with.

PBS, 2007

RT Glenn Greenwald