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<text id=91TT0489>
<title>
Mar. 04, 1991: Let's Change The Subject
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Mar. 04, 1991 Into Kuwait!
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 17
Let's Change the Subject
</hdr><body>
<p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
</p>
<p> Several scandal-tinged Senators have rushed to associate
themselves with a variety of no-lose issues, many related to
the gulf war.
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> Alan Cranston, California Democrat. Received $900,000 in
donations from indicted S&L buccaneer Charles Keating.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> Battling cancer and planning to retire, he declared that he
has supported every major veterans' bill for the past 12 years.
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> Alfonse D'Amato, New York Republican. Played a questionable
role in the awarding of federal housing subsidies to friends
and contributors.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> Rushed to Israel to condemn Scud attacks and turned up last
week in the Soviet Union to lambaste Mikhail Gorbachev for the
Baltic crackdown.
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Democrat. Accepted $81,000 from
Keating and was identified in Senate testimony as his most
forceful advocate.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> Highlighted his help for Agent Orange victims. Slyly
declared his "enormous respect for colleagues," a plea for
collegiality in case they reprimand him.
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> Dave Durenberger, Minnesota Republican. Denounced by the
Senate for collecting $100,000 in a book-royalty scheme.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> Issued this windy declaration on Jan. 15: "If you have an
American flag, fly it. Proudly...We stand for principle."
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> John Glenn, Ohio Democrat. Received $234,000 from Keating.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> The World War II hero has been named to help guide military
bills through the Senate.
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> John McCain, Arizona Republican. Received $112,000 in
donations and $13,000 worth of vacations from Keating.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> A Vietnam POW, McCain has become a talk-show regular on war
issues and point man on veterans' legislation.
</p>
<p> IMAGE PROBLEM
</p>
<p> Donald Riegle, Michigan Democrat. Took in $78,250 from
Keating and initially denied his ties to the S&L owner.
</p>
<p> DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
</p>
<p> Has quietly immersed himself in, of all things, the details
of banking-reform legislation.
</p>
</body></article>
</text>