"The McCain campaign dissed Sarah Palin, muffled her, and then stuck her with a $500,000* legal bill...."

"Mrs. Palin writes that the $500,000* was the legal bill for vetting her to be John McCain’s vice presidential nominee, according to the Associated Press, which purchased an early copy of the book. After the election, when she asked if the campaign would help her financially, Mrs. Palin says aides told her it would have been covered if the ticket won. Since they lost, it was her responsibility."

Other tidbits:

She says the campaign refused to let her rewrite the statement announcing her teenage daughter’s pregnancy, instead issuing remarks that Mrs. Palin thought glamorized the pregnancy....

She writes that she sat down with Katie Couric in part because she felt sorry for her, after Nicolle Wallace, a McCain aide, said Ms. Couric suffered from low self-esteem....

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* UPDATE: The NYT story, quoted and linked at the beginning of this post, has now knocked a zero off the number:

An earlier version of his post incorrectly said that Mrs. Palin accused the McCain camp of presenting her with a $500,000 legal bill, instead of the actual amount of $50,000.