Grumpy and Cindy: a home a day, and one for Leap Year

Politico found another McCain house today, and a sense of what it takes to live eight different places:

The McCains increased their budget for household employees from $184,000 in 2006 to $273,000 in 2007, according to John McCain's tax returns.

The additional cash supports an "increase in the number of employees," the McCain aide told Politico. The aide did not answer a question about whether the growing staff stemmed from addition of new properties to the family's real estate portfolio.

The rich really do have problems. Candy Spelling widow of TV schlock mogul Aaron Spelling and mother of TV reality schlock icon Tori Spelling, is selling the family's Fifty-Six Thousand Square Foot home to move in to a $47m, Sixteen Thousand Square Foot LA Condo:

Mrs. Spelling said she was shrinking her staff of 20 to less than half, three of whom will continue living with her and her wheaten terrier, Madison.