It seems like ages ago that John McCain urged former campaign staffers to hold their fire on Sarah Palin. Not worth it, he said. Defend yourselves if you must — but just don’t go on TV.

Of course McCain was among the first to crack. He told The Hill newspaper that Palin was wrong when she claimed in her book that the campaign charged her $50k for her own vetting, saying the legal bills were for work on her Alaska ethics troubles.