Under Palin's reign, women foot the bill for rape

Circulating around the Web today, is the news that during the time Palin was mayor of Wasilla, women were charged for their own rape kits, which cost between $300 and $1200 a piece.

The Wasilla police commissioner, whom Palin personally appointed, opposed litigation to overturn the policy. It's unclear yet how involved Palin was with this issue--if she was performing her job adequately, she certainly was aware of it--but, hopefully Charles Gibson is paying attention as he composes his hard-hitting (yet not hitting so hard as to appear sexist (or worse, Alaskanist) questions.

Of course, maybe this is all part of McCain's master plan to distinguish his team from those wimpy sexual-assault-victim-protecting liberals. As NY Magazine notes,

Joe Biden was a sponsor of the 2005 Senate bill requiring states to foot the bill for rape exams. Barack Obama was one of 58 co-sponsors; John McCain wasn't.