In a public statement yesterday Paxson contradicted John McCain's assertion that he never met with anyone from Paxson Communications:

"Broadcaster Lowell "Bud" Paxson yesterday contradicted statements from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign that the senator did not meet with Paxson or his lobbyist before sending two controversial letters to the Federal Communications Commission on Paxson's behalf.
Paxson said he talked with McCain in his Washington office several weeks before the Arizona Republican wrote the letters in 1999 to the FCC urging a rapid decision on Paxson's quest to acquire a Pittsburgh television station.
Paxson also recalled that his lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, likely attended the meeting in McCain's office and that Iseman helped arrange the meeting. "Was Vicki there? Probably," Paxson said in an interview with The Washington Post yesterday. "The woman was a professional. She was good. She could get us meetings."

The Washington Post article this morning goes on to quote Bud Paxson that he personally asked McCain to write the letters in question to the FCC and as a result he got the approval he needed to pursue the purchase of the Pittsburg TV station.

See the full article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR200802...