A liberal group puts out a Youtube citing McCain's "Black Centurion" Amex card, the type you get if you spend more than a quarter of a million a year on it. Josh finds an ad for the McCain Phoenix mansion. A seven-car detached garage? This is getting pettier. On the other hand, McCain started the personal attacks, with the celebrity mockery. If he hadn't, I think the media would be tougher on the Dems. And the public less interested.

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