Beer deal causes potential conflict of interest for John McCain
Presidential candidate John McCain has a possible conflict of interest to deal with, should he win the office. His wife Cindy owns a large Anheuser-Busch distributorship in Arizona. According to this article, McCain’s conduct in the Senate has consistently been above board regarding this conflict of interest - he has made a practice of abstaining from voting on legislation that concerns beer or alcohol. However, as President he would not be able to defer decision-making to other people. He would be forced to rule on issues that could affect his wife’s beer business.
The article also states that Cindy McCain made roughly $800,000 on the sale of Anheuser-Busch to InBev, based on the amount of stock she owns.
