iran hostage incident

I've begun to read some of the available info on the original October Surprise during the fall of 1980. It's been alledged that Regan's people and the CIA orchestrated a deal to sell arms to Iran if they waited to release the hostages until after the election. I tried a search and didn't come...

There goes Johnny again... http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/mccain-agrees-with-bushs-remarks/ Where's Joe Lieberman when you need him? It seems that McCain's Reagan worship is obscuring his memory of the Iran Contra scandal.