Two top advisors for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) represented one of the nation's most aggressive predatory lenders, contradicting McCain's "straight talk" about America's collapsing housing market.

"I will not play election-year politics with the housing crisis," the GOP presidential hopeful declared last week when unveiling his response.

"John Green, the senator's chief liaison to Congress, and Wayne Berman, his national finance co-chairman, billed more than $720,000 in lobbying fees from 2005 through last year to Ameriquest Mortgage through their lobbying firm," disclosure forms reviewed by the Daily News show. The News revealed the story in Monday's editions of the paper.

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