[Question Liberal Authority]

John McCain was reported to have spent $20 million to defeat JD Hayworth in the primaries, and most of the money was reportedly left over from his presidential run.

Where the heck did his campaign get that kind of money, and why the heck didn't he go scorched Earth on Obama when he had the chance? The idea that McCain had even a nickel left over is shameful.

[Republican Wildcat]

That was from his “compliance fund” - could not have been spent on normal campaign activities as he was capped...although a nice loophole is that he could hold it over and then use it on any future campaign he wished. Quite a feat for the champion of campaign finance reform to exploit such a loophole, wasn’t it? He still apparently has a lot of it left over and could transfer it to another campaign committee as well, such as the RNC, but apparently he just wants to keep it all to himself...

[cherry]

"and most of the money was reportedly left over from his presidential run."

oh great...my hard earned money....