McCain Releases His Tax Returns, But Not His Wife's

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain released his tax returns for 2006 and 2007 yesterday, but most attention is on his wife Cindy's wealth. The Arizona Senator made $405,409 (including $23,157 in Social Security!) last year and $358,414 in 2006, but returns for Cindy McCain, chairman of Hensley & Company, a Phoenix-based Anheuser-Busch distributor, weren't released.

The McCains have donated a cumulative $340,000 to charity in 2006 and 2007. Cindy McCain has apparently made $870,000 during 2006 and 2007 for her work at Hensley (which was founded by her parents) and it's estimated that her assets could be worth more than $100 million.

The McCain campaign says Cindy McCain's returns were not released because of privacy concerns but Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said of "John McCain's lack of transparency is troubling and raises questions about what he's hiding." Barack Obama released his recent tax returns on Wednesday, while Hillary Clinton released many years of returns earlier this month.

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Chyeah! I believe that.
And for her, I have a suggestion of the next Budweiser ad campaign: Bud is wiser than beer.

he only made $48 in interest?
wow, we are in trouble. and, I've read the wife is considered an heiress, now who's elitist?

Just to clarify, Obama has also released "many years of returns" and not just 2007. I believe Obama has provided all returns from 2000 to the present.

I was always under the impression that McCain had converted his wealth into large diamonds that he stores in those massive hamster-pouch cheeks of his.

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"I was always under the impression that McCain had converted his wealth into large diamonds that he stores in those massive hamster-pouch cheeks of his."

Maybe his wife Barbie...I mean Cindy hid the wealth in medicine bottles that she formally use for her pain killer medication...

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