In a letter sent Monday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told Sen. Barack Obama that he was guilty of "partisan posturing" on the issue of lobbying ethics reform. The letter is a response to a letter Obama sent on Feb. 2. In that letter, Obama stated, "I know you have expressed an interest in creating a task force to further study and discuss these matters but I and others in the Democratic Caucus believe the more effective and timely course is to allow the committees of jurisdiction to roll up their sleeves and get to work on writing ethics and lobbying reform legislation that a majority of the Senate can support". McCain took exception to the idea that creating a bi-partisan task force was a delaying tactic. McCain then took a swipe at the freshman Senator, saying, "I concluded your professed concern for the institution and the public interest was genuine and admirable. Thank you for disabusing me of such notions."