It would not look very graceful for her to come out against McCain.
Murkowski has also stabbed Sarah in the back. “$5k and go away” makes some sense, sometimes.
A marker of sorts is put down, for the sake of politics, but it could be “damning with light praise” in a way.
Exactly, but that won’t stop the Sarah haters from coming out swinging.
(Oh! But they are soooo much more conservative than you, or even God!)