McCain version of "You Bet Your Life" - WaPo

[featherman]

"Just how dire was John McCain's financial situation last year, before he vaulted back to frontrunner status? The Washington Post has some details on the $3 million loan that McCain took out in order to finance the campaign, including a rather macabre detail — because McCain pledged his fundraising list as collateral, and he would need to be alive to give the list its full value, he had to take out a special life insurance policy just in case he failed to survive the campaign."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/31/AR2008013103921.html?hpid=topnews