It's a compound

Michael Calderone has the skinny on an overlooked aspect of the McCain houses story:

My colleague Marty Kady reports that within the McCain traveling press corps, there's been a little debate going on about what to call the senator's place in Sedona.

"Ranch?" Well, there's actually no ranching going on. The McCain family calls it a "cabin," but it's not exactly a little place in the woods. Some say "vacation home," but that not quite right, either.

So the verdict: "compound," since it comprises several buildings.