Meet Eldon Smith

The man pictured here is Eldon Smith. Back in 1986, Smith spent hundreds of thousands of dollars remodeling an Arizona mansion. The mansion was not in the district that John McCain represented...hey, wait a minute!

Eldon Smith looks an awfully lot like McCain, doesn't he?

That's because he is McCain!

In 1986, McCain was a congressman from an Arizona district. That year, he remodeled a Phoenix mansion owned by his opulent father-in-law. The $225,000 project added such amenities as a pool and a jacuzzi.

Trouble for McCain was that, although he and his wife Cindy were moving into the mansion, it was outside the district he represented. So he submitted the blueprints under a fake name - Eldon Smith - in the hopes nobody would notice.

Isn't it illegal to falsify official documents like this?

Oops.

So if you happen to bump into John McCain at your local supermarket or at work, be sure to say to him, "Hey Eldon!"

(Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/The_GOPs_2008_nominee_isEldon_Smith.html)