Rachel Maddow: "Mitt Romney has a tell."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. wonder where and by whom the original statement was made that he released them to McCain?

I think that it's very possible that he got tons of paper (Schmidt said, his returns are nothing like the normal person's). You would need a master accountant to decipher. It's also very possible that they went "holy shit"...and got intimidated. You know the feeling, when someone presents something so official looking, so overwhelming, that you just think "Wow, this must be legit?" And, perhaps McCain didn't really like Mitt anyway....so they didn't delve into it at all. The would have probably thought, geez, we'll have to hire a big time accounting firm to look this over. And, remember, he was low on funds at that point.

I can truly see why McCain wouldn't want Romney. McCain's a crusty, hard-drinking, guy's guy. He may have pictured Romney telling him "You've had too many drinks already John." or "Take your feet off that coffee table, John."