http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-10-08T04:35:30Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/John%20McCain http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/16/213730/757 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/littlepalmisland2.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> When he's not out stumping for the presidency, Republican candidate John McCain and his wife Cindy have a favorite retreat that takes them out of the desert of Arizona. And it sure helps that Cindy's got enough money to pay for it.<p>The conservative duo like to get their togetherness on at the ritzy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Little+Palm+Island/ian/134139"><b>Little Palm Island</b></a> in the Florida Keys. On Jan. 20 of this year, the two camped out for a night in the <b>Cormorant Suite</b>, one of 30 on the private island resort (accessible only by boat or seaplane). But this wasn't their first visit.<p> The couple has love-nested two previous times at resort where President Harry Truman once stayed (wishful foreshadowing on McCain's ChristineM 2008-09-17T16:27:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/10/133827/540 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/mccain_plaza.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Republican presidential nominee John McCain is hosting a huge campaign fundraiser tomorrow night at the totally un-affordable and totally unreasonably-priced <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Plaza/ian/105314"><b>Plaza Hotel</b></a> tomorrow night.<p>However, his supporters may actually be able to cough up the $1,000-a-night room rates.<p>According to <a herf="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/03/john_mccain_brings_all_the_bil.html">NY Mag</a>, the host committee is a bunch of wealthy and powerful folk---Henry Kissinger, Alfonse D'Amato, Woody Johnson, Georgette Mosbacher, and Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain. And the party will see a rather large showing of billionaires:<blockquote><p>From Forbes.com's most recent list, we count five: Henry Kravis (the world's 178th-richest man, worth $5.5 billion), Ray Dalio (worth $4 billion), Louis Bacon (worth $1.7 billion), Marc Rowan (worth $1.5 billion), and Robert Fisher ($1.4 billion). That's a total of over juliana 2008-03-10T13:42:40-05:00 40.764275 -73.973006 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/