[lbo-talk] Who knew? John McCain on disability, gets checks

[B.]

There is a thread/discussion/etc. @ Snopes.com about
McCain's disability status (he is "retired/disabled"),
getting untaxed benefit checks in the tens of
thousands per year, running for Pres., married to a
multi-multi-millionaire, and espousing a harder line
for folks dependent on Social Security disability:

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=31592

Of course, the guy has also enjoyed cradle-to-present
government supports in important aspects of his life
-- like health care (socialized medicine since day 1,
I believe) and job security (father was Navy royalty,
basically). That he gets more for being disabled per
year than many hard working folks make w/out govt
benefits reflexively rubs me the wrong way, esp.
knowing the odious policies he supports.

However, it is the sort of thing that could become an
ugly argument pretty easily, and backfire if used
against him if not handled _just_ so.

-B.

B.  wrote:

"What's your take on someone of John McCain's means
(and, well, abilities) receiving disability checks to
the tune of $58,358 per year? Especially when his
wife, the Anheuser-Busch/Budweiser heiress, makes
hundreds of millions, they have 8 houses, etc.?"

John S Costello wrote:

"What I *am* against is the McCain campaign saying
that he was 'tortured' for his country. Nothing that
happened to McCain was 'torture,' by the standards of
the Bush government -- standards which McCain upheld
with his voting record in the Senate."