McCain's Money

  Well, not John McCain's, but rather his wife's money.

  Cindy McCain is worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million and the Politico takes a look at where that wealth is, how it's being spent, and what impact it might have on the election.

  There is a little bit of irony here as the article points out. Republicans were all after Teresa Heinz Kerry in 2004 to release more information about her finances while her husband - John Kerry - was the Democratic presidential nominee. Heinz-Kerry was worth somewhere around $750 million.

   Now it's the Democrats turn to demand the same information from the Republican nominee.

  Quote:

Already, Democrats have blasted Cindy McCain’s less-than-full financial disclosure, asserting that it calls into question John McCain’s commitment to transparency and suggests that he may be “hiding” information about how his efforts in Congress benefited his family.

Worse though, the burgeoning focus on Cindy McCain’s finances could attract attention to an aspect of the Arizona senator’s family life that is unlikely to be advantageous to him on the campaign trail: the affluent lifestyle and free-spending habits of the McCain clan.