DNC Web Video: "How Many" TEXT: John McCain was asked how many houses he owns... TEXT: Apparently, he's lost track. "I'll have my staff get to you." [Politico, 8/21/08] QUESTION: Are you guys aware of how many houses you own? VOTER 1: We are aware. VOTER 2: I only own one house, and that's more than enough with the foreclosures and whatnot. VOTER 1: We own zero. QUESTION: House many houses do you own? VOTER 3: Zero QUESTION: Do you know of any people who have forgotten how many houses they own? VOTER 3: Is this a trick question? No. QUESTION: How many houses do you own? VOTER 4: Two QUESTION: Two. Did you ever forget that? VOTER 4: No QUESTION: Has anyone in your family ever forgotten? VOTER 4: No. QUESTION: OK. Could you understand someone forgetting? VOTER 4: No. QUESTION: We're just wondering if its, you know, a common problem to forget how many houses you own? VOTER 3: I assume no. That is not common. QUESTION: Have you ever forgotten how many houses you own? VOTER 2: No, never. VOTER 1: I can see with seven how you could, you know, forget. It's hard to keep track of. VOTER 5: Yeah, exactly. Somebody takes care of that for you. VOTER 2: Well, you could be that wealthy where you don't know what you have, in spite of the fact that other people are so poor they don't have anything. TEXT: John McCain: The Answer is seven. TEXT: John McCain: More of the Same.

The point is not that it's inherently bad that McCain owns a lot of houses. It's that he is OUT OF TOUCH with the American people and what they are going through because of this recession economy. It isn't inherently bad to be wealthy, it's that McCain has no access to what every day life is like for the average American so he can't possibly make wise decisions on thier behalf.