Claire McCaskill flies coach; Planegate rages on

Who are the real victims of the Claire McCaskill “Air Claire” pseudo-scandal revolving around her owing the state around $300,000 in back taxes on a plane she owns? The people sitting next to her on commercial flights! Rim shot! Total JK, guys.

We kid because we love. Or because we need to stretch the length of a post about an overblown news item that is lingering in the news cycle like a gnarly cold sore.