[sphinx]

Exactly. The letter was a routine prospecting piece, a direct mail mass solicitation to a commercially purchased list.

People really should read the letter before commenting. It is the kind of letter that a candidate would never even see before it went out. Note that it was written for a joint solicitation committee, with proceeds going to the RNC, the McCain-Palin campaign, the compliance fund, and several identified state party organizations (meaning that it was a regionally targeted mailer). This is direct mail 101.

[rfp1234]

Correct. But why would the Russian diplomatic mission be on the senator’s campaign mailing list?