This is not an important story to me personally (the shopping spree), but it will resonate with some who have been hit hard in our crumbling economy. The real importance here is that during a time when the economy & money matters are forefront in voters minds, these are not the type of stories that impress them. Very reckless, politically of the McCain campaign. Seriously, think how much excellent publicity they would have gotten had they done some shrewd, cost-conscious shopping, then touted that? Politically, it would have been brilliant.