Of course Claire McKaskill is a crook

Using $76,000 of tax payer money for charter flights for herself, paid to a company owned by her husband.  Of course she and her husband have made a large fortune in federally subsidized housing - a play that requires both impeccable left wing connections and a certain - shall we say - 'facility' with cutting ethical corners.

CLAIRE MCCASKILL SPENT $76,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY ON PRIVATE CHARTER FLIGHTS. I don’t want to hear one goddamn word about my carbon footprint from these people. Plus, there seems to have been some self-dealing involved: “As a senator, McCaskill has flown at least 89 flights chartered by Sunset Cove Associates LLC — a company incorporated in 2002 by her husband, St. Louis businessman Joe Shepard, according to records kept by the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office. All of those flights were paid for from McCaskill’s Senate office budget, raising questions about whether the first-term senator and her husband are using public dollars to partially subsidize their aircraft.”

I can't imagine why anyone who helped elect her would be surprised that she's a sleaze.  But the funny thing is that they're rich.  They don't need the money.  Yet they did it anyway.  It seems when you build a career taking other people's money you just can't stop.