James Ledbetter on McCain's anemic financial disclosure:
Aside from a Wachovia checking account, in which he keeps between
$15,000 and $50,000 (wouldn't some of that money earn more interest in
a certificate of deposit?), all of the couple's assets are in
Cindy's name. John McCain's tax return is so anemic, so marginal to the
couple's actual financial situation, that he doesn't even take a
deduction for interest on his home mortgage. Presumably Cindy does,
since disclosure forms indicate that she has several mortgages.
We don't know for certain whether she does, because the campaign has
declined to release Cindy McCain's tax returns. This data gap sets
McCain apart from his Democratic opponents, who have released jointly
filed tax records going back a minimum of seven years. Thanks to
McCain's lack of genuine opposition in recent months, there has been
very little clamor to release Cindy McCain's returns, even from those
Republicans who loudly insisted that Hillary and Bill Clinton were
hiding something in theirs.
--Christopher Orr