The advisers described the McCain campaign as incredulous about the shopping spree and said Republican National Committee lawyers were likely to go to Alaska to conduct an inventory and try to account for all that was spent.
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Internal Battles Divided McCain and Palin Camps - NYTimes.com
this is like the seinfeld episode “the chicken roaster” when elaine uses her expense account to buy stuff, including a $8000 hat, and gets audited.