John McCain with the candidates for minor parties and independents received proposals for PhoneVoter TV services in 2000.
McCain had decided to hire Mike Murphy as his Media Consultant in January 2000. But McCain did not know Murphy had blocked these proposals every time they arrived, but mail, email, and fax. The final copy would be handed to John McCain in person. But this did not happen until California Primary Day, June 7, 2000.
We know this for a fact because of the records which showed Murphy blocked McCain from receiving the proposal and from John McCain's surprise when the proposal was put into his hands by Brock d'Avignon as he stood with his wife, Cindy, outside the Straight Talk Bus on the street outside the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.
Standing there, McCain and Cindy read the proposal. After reading faster and faster through each page Cindy exclaimed, "John, with this we could have won!"
Hands shaking with rage, McCain strode over to Mike Murphy, standing a few steps away. Over John McCain's outraged shouts Brock and Cindy could hear Murhpy's bored voice saying, "You got a conventional campaign."