Sure, John Dowd's a high-flying, bluster-filled attorney who represents many Republican politicians, I think it is yet another connection between John McCain and the Bush Presidency.
But, Dowd has benefitted from John McCain's (and his buddies') legal/ethical missteps several times over many years; it is only fitting to see that he is now representing former DoJ'er Monica Goodling. (
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/national_world&id=6331666)
P.S. I wasn't surprised to see that Dowd has already put $6900 into McCain 's coffers this election cycle (per Newsmeat and McCain websites).