Published 8/23/2008
by Mark Murray
at First Read
This would be bad news for McCain if The Governator felt he couldn't go to the convo because of the budget standoff in the state.
"But with the McCains' money in Cindy McCain's name, as dictated by a prenuptial agreement, the senator's finances are more difficult to assess and scrutinize than those of many other political candidates," the New York Times writes. "But the Hensley family wealth, from its rough-and-tumble origins to prominence in Arizona's corporate world, is also the fortune that propelled John McCain into national politics. A clearer picture of that fortune emerges from a review of public records and interviews with employees, business associates, friends, and relatives." "A jail inmate was charged on Friday with sending a threatening letter laced with white powder to U.S. presidential candidate John McCain, triggering a security scare at his Colorado campaign office… Within hours, the U.S. Secret Service said the letter had been traced to a Colorado jail inmate with a ...
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