Jim Jones received unusually low interest rates for $7 million in loans due to his personal relationship with executives on the board of Country Wide. Now he's stepped down from the 3 person team seeking a VP for Obama after the controversy of those loans came to light thru John McCain's campaign drawing attention to these loans for Johnson.
Obama claims in a statement that Johnson was stepping down so not to distract from the mission of his campaign.
Translation: His campaign will continue with the usual same ole politcal tactics and behavior until someone catches them or calls them out for their lack of "change" campaign.