The revelation that John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, had until last month continued to receive payments from troubled mortgage giant Freddie Mac through a public affairs firm he owns has prompted the Los Angeles Times (among others) to question how much longer McCain's "reformer" image can hold up.

Several news outlets are reporting this morning that the lobby shop owned by Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign manager, Rick Davis, was receiving payments of $15,000 a month from Freddie Mac through August. You may remember that the American taxpayer recently payed a hefty fee in bailing out Fannie Mae and its brother Freddie Mac. This contradicts statements by Sen. McCain earlier in the week that Davis had not worked on behalf of Freddie Mac since 2005.