Official Net Worth: McCain $36.4 Million, Obama $799,000

One of the clumsy arguments the McCain camp tried to make in hopes of slowing down the media freight train over not knowing how many homes he owns was that Obama is also a rich guy who lives in a mansion himself.
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One of the clumsy arguments that the McCain camp tried to make today in hopes of slowing down the media freight train over not knowing how many homes he and his wife, Cindy, own was that Barack Obama (D) is also a rich guy who lives in a mansion himself, just like McCain. I believe the term they used was "a frickin' mansion."

Well, there's just one problem with that argument. These guys aren't even in the same class.

Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation did an analysis of the net worth of each of the 535 members of Congress based on their personal financial disclosure.

Guess which one is worth about $36 million and which one is worth $799,000?

According to my trusty calculator, that means McCain's net worth is more than 45 times greater than Obama's.

So much for that argument...

Mark Nickolas is the Managing Editor of Political Base, and this story was from his original post, "Official Net Worth: McCain $36.4 Million, Obama $799,000"

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