Cindy McCain and Her Tax Returns

Cindy McCain is not going to release her tax returns....ever, and the lefties are in a lather about it:

Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain, said in an interview televised Thursday that she would never release her tax returns, even if her husband was elected president and she became the first lady.

Mrs. McCain, who has a significant stake in a beer distributorship in Phoenix that her late father helped found, is wealthier than her husband and files her taxes separately from him. In an interview broadcast on NBC’s “Today,” Mrs. McCain, who has cited privacy concerns for her children, said she had no intention of releasing her returns.

“This is a privacy issue,” Mrs. McCain said.

In 2004, Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of the Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, initially said she would not release her personal income tax returns, also citing family privacy. After criticism, she released a small part of her returns.

The Democrats have seized on the issue, noting that Mr. McCain had benefited from her wealth — and, in particular, from the use of her corporate jet.

“What is John McCain trying to hide?” Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said in a statement. “Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness and accountability apply to everyone but himself.”

John McCain isn't hiding anything - he released his returns. Cindy has filed separate returns for the entire 28 years they've been married, and since nobody is electing her to anything, I don't have a problem with her maintaining privacy over her financial matters.

Yes, the Obamas and Clintons have released theirs, but they file jointly. If their spouses filed separately I wouldn't have any problem with them withholding their private information.

Being a candidate means you're going to have to release a lot of personal stuff, but being a spouse doesn't.