Sorry for sourcing politico (they are pukey), but this was an exclusive interview with them, and contained his usual litany of non answers. It's not that he's rich that's the problem, it's that he's OUT OF TOUCH. His refusal to answer definitively what is "rich" is soley based on his Bush tax cuts positions, and I'm sick of Obama being accused for "nuance" when McCain's complete non-answers are acceptable.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12685.htmlMcCain unsure how many houses he owns
By JONATHAN MARTIN & MIKE ALLEN | 8/21/08 6:34 AM EST
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own.
"I think - I'll have my staff get to you," McCain told us in Las Cruces, N.M. "It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you."
The correct answer is at least four, located in Arizona, California and Virginia, according to his staff. Newsweek estimated this summer that the couple owns at least seven properties.
(snip, blah blah blah, usual politico crap of "labor groups are demonizing McCain for his wealth!" blah blah)
McCain’s comments came four days after he initially told Pastor Rick Warren during a faith forum on Sunday his threshold for considering someone rich is $5 million — a careless comment he quickly corrected.
In the interview, McCain did not offer an alternative number, but had a new answer ready.
“I define rich in other ways besides income,” he said. “Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are poor if they’re billionaires.”
McCain, by anyone's measure, is well off if you include his wife's fortune. Cindy McCain inherited control of her father’s beer distributorship, the largest in Arizona, and has an estimated worth of over $100 million.
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