Actually, although it doesn't look very good at first, it turns out that the brother in law in question used a taser on his 10 year old stepson and threatened the life of his father in law if he hired a lawyer to represent his wife in their divorce. Apparently there was a lot more involved in this situation than we know, but these things turned out to be true. I'm sure more details of this will come out in the coming months but, from what I've read, apparently she was trying to deal with Alaska's political machine, so I can see why she might have decided to clean house while she had the chance.
I'm still not thrilled about McCain, but this may actually change my mind. We're going to have a former senator for President no matter what we do. It would be nice to have an actual governor/reformer in the White House as well.
Nan
