Claire McCaskill to sell the ‘damn plane’ that keeps making news

%{[ data-embed-type=”image” data-embed-id=”57150c4289121ca96b960533″ data-embed-element=”aside” ]}%

Campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 2006, Claire McCaskill copped to being “a rich lady.” Having a wealthy developer for a second husband meant that, among other things, McCaskill had access to a private plane.

But on Monday, McCaskill said she plans to sell the “damn plane,” which threatens to run landing gear over her re-election chances. After acknowledging that taxpayers were billed for a political trip, McCaskill admitted that she failed to pay $287,273 in personal property taxes on the aircraft.