Nothing says 'economic crisis' like the return of the $5,000 make-up lady

Yes, nothing quite says "I feel your pain" like a $5,000 make-up artist at your beck and call the same day you declare that you've stopped campaigning to show that you "get" the economic crisis.

Tell me the woman on the right, making up John McCain today for his Katie Couric interview, isn't the same woman who previously made John McCain up to the left, the $5,000 American Idol make-up artist McCain has previously hired.



Here's another photo of her making McCain up today before the Couric interview.