She was already in AZ?! I didn’t know that! That is how it was huh?
Yeah, I read in multiple accounts of the decision-making that she flew to Phoenix on Wed. with one of her top aides, met with key McCain staff on Wed...... then met with McCain on Thurs. and once he was certain about the decision he offered her the VP spot. Then she flew with the McCains from Phoenix to Ohio and her family met them there. So you had the absolutely right instinct and inference, but so far as I can tell it was her family only and not Governor Palin on that plane coming from Anchorage.
Thanks for launching such a great (and historic!) thread!!