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. . . but he didn't, and a $265 campaign contribution doesn't add up to a hill of beans.
Nobody seems to care that McCain's father in law was involved in organized crime, so why should this matter?
The father of McCain's wife, James Hensley, was convicted by a federal jury in U.S. District Court of Arizona in March 1948 on seven counts of filing false liquor records.
Hensley also was charged with conspiracy to hide from federal authorities the names of persons involved in a liquor industry racket.
The umbrella company, United Liquor, at that time held a monopoly in Arizona, and was organized and managed by Kemper Marley, who was accused of having mob ties.
In 1953, Hensley was again charged with falsifying records at Marley's liquor firms.
This time, Hensley was found not guilty after being defended by William Rehnquist, the future chief justice of the Supreme Court.
