Preferential Presidential Treatment

Somebody at these big telcoms really should have thought these little deals through.  Improper, if not transparently illegal, I'd say:

Special Treatment For McCain: Verizon, AT&T Provided Cell Towers For His Ranch

Early in 2007, just as her husband launched his presidential bid, Cindy McCain decided to resolve an old problem -- the lack of cellular telephone coverage on her remote 15-acre ranch near Sedona, nestled deep in a tree-lined canyon called Hidden Valley.By the time Sen. John McCain's presidential bid was in full swing this summer, the ranch had [...]