accused of ethics violations. the others were democrats allen cranston of california, dennis deconcini of arizona, john glenn of ohio and donald regal of michigan. each had contributions and other gifts from keating. a burlingame attorney sued keating and others on behalf of 26,000 people whose savings were converted into high risk bonds. they lost $300 million when lincoln savings and its parent filed for bankruptcy. >> john mccain was the only person that came to us voluntarily and said if you'd like me to testify, he will testify. he was the most decent man i've ever met. >> mccain had received $112,000 from keating, who was later convicted of fraud. the senate ethics committee found that mccain had done nothing wrong, but had exercised poor judgment for attending a meeting on behalf of keating. he said mccain had the strength of character to testify on behalf of keating's victims. >> he had tears in his eyes when he testified that he had helped charlie keating, and he didn't