Cindy McCain Releases Her Tax Returns

After promising to never release her tax records even if she became first lady, Cindy McCain released the first two pages of her tax returns today. Her gross income came in at over $6 million in 2006 and she paid over $1.7 million in taxes. While John McCain made less than 5% of that amount, Cindy McCain’s fortune comes largely from her inheritance in the nation’s third-largest beer distributor, Anheuser-Busch. She also controls the McCain family portfolio, which is estimated to be worth between $36.6 million and $53.4 million.