[ElkGroveDan]

Nice to hear that Mr. Ryan can appreciate a noble wine.

It's also against the law for Members of Congress and staff to accept gifts of that amount.

[PieterCasparzen]

Was it a gift ? Did they have dinner together ? I don’t know the rules.

I know for pharma reps romancing doctors to push pills, there are very specific rules about all such things.

I’m curious, if I invite him to Wendy’s is it ok ? /half-joke

I just keep picturing people looking at the bill asking who ordered tax. /full-joke

I’m sure politicians always pay when they go out to dinner out of their own after-tax earnings.../real-joke...

Now I have to look for those rules, I’m curious.

[newzjunkey]

Uh... it was NOT a gift. He had one glass and yet paid for an entire bottle himself.

Facts matter.