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Wealth barbs take hold as Obama slips

McCain hit on houses count

By Christina Bellantoni (Contact) | Friday, August 22, 2008

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CHESTER, Va. | The two rich men who want to be president traded new attacks Thursday accusing each other of being out of touch with the Americans, as Sen. Barack Obama got more aggressive amid his slipping poll numbers.

Mr. Obama mocked Sen. John McCain for not knowing on the spot the number of houses he owns, saying, "If you're like me ... you've got one house," as his campaign released an attack ad on the same topic.

"When asked how many houses he owns, McCain lost track. He couldn't remember. Well, it's seven. Seven houses," a narrator says in the ad, running on national cable.

The McCain team fired back in a statement, reminding voters of Mr. Obama's several gaffes and his own wealthy status.

"Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?" McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said.

"Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people 'cling' to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who's in touch with regular Americans?" he added.

Mr. Obama's tax returns showed that he and his wife, Michelle, earned $4.2 million in 2007. Their Chicago home is worth $1.6 million.

Mr. McCain, whose wife, Cindy, is a wealthy heiress, earned $405,000, according to tax returns released by the campaign. Mrs. McCain, worth an estimated $100 million, is chairman of a beer distributor affiliated with the Anheuser-Busch group.

The couple's Sedona property - where the senator from Arizona has hosted political reporters and potential running mates - spans 6 acres and has several houses. It is owned by the Cindy Hensley McCain Family Trust, and the other properties also are owned by Mrs. McCain, who files her taxes separately and has not released her 2007 returns for review.

Her 2006 tax returns showed income of $6 million.

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