Didn't John McCain see 20+ years of Mitt's taxes? Why doesn't he speak up

[K8-EEE]

and say that Mitt DID pay taxes? You don't suppose the source is someone on McCain's staff?

The other thing -- why did Mitt give McCain his returns, because he was applying for a job in a way -- yet he doesn't realize "WE THE PEOPLE" are also the BOSS in this situation, why should we hire him when he shows stuff to McCain that he won't show to us.

He kind of acts like he's the boss and we have to support our CEO, um, no, we are are the boss so he needs to show US his info like he showed McCain!

[Champion Jack]

1. Maybe McCain is Harry's source

[Amonester]

2. It's quite possible....

A bit like 'Darth Vader' "still" had some "good" in him...

I'd be willing to bet he does not like all that 'tax hiding' stuff.

On edit: Or rather, all that 'NO-tax hiding' stuff.

[sofa king]

11. I didn't think of that at first.

It is a hell of a guess, but Reid and Romney have another mutual friend who is much, much more concerned with both of their finances than McCain ever was.

That would be the angel Moroni, and his numerous servants within the Church of Latter-day Saints. If just one of them saw those tax records and confused honesty and doing the right thing with getting Republicans elected and staying rich, that person could have been highly motivated to tell--and that person might have wished to tell it to the only Mormon in the Senate who ain't a Republican.

An equally plausible source might be one or more of McCain's campaign staffers, whom if I recall correctly still have their day jobs as conservative staff-people on Capitol Hill.

Still another potential source is someone from the IRS, NSA, Secret Service, Homeland Security, or any of the other entities that now have free reign to spy on US citizens. And they don't have to be Democrats, either, because the Bush stay-behinds don't want Romney to win, either.

So while McCain is an excellent one-name guess, there are literally thousands of other potential tattlers. If that person is lucky, so many others will come forward soon that the first brave person might go unpunished by Romney and his people.

[DesertRat]

19. Bingo n/t

[Lint Head]

3. I don't think McCain even looked at Mitt's returns. He just wanted to make sure he was rich.

[K8-EEE]

5. Well hell SOMEBODY at McCain camp looked at them....

And they would not be bound with any professional ethics to not talk about them, like R-money's CPA firms prob have non-disclosure forms up the ying!

[K8-EEE]

4. He spoke up for Huma pretty quick after those accusations are made

And yet he has first hand knowledge of this subject and we haven't heard from him?

[Scootaloo]

6. Confidentiality

Simply put, no matter what he knows, John McCain has no authority at all to release Romney's private information like that.

Now, it could be a leak source... But McCain would get in trouble if he started talking about what he saw in confidence.

[DFW]

7. I'm sure McCain saw nothing

If he had been hands-on about his VP pick, he would never had "chosen" Palin.

What probably happened is that McCain's staff took one look at Romney's returns, paled in horror, returned them,and politely told Romney's staff, "thanks, but no thanks," and privately informed McCain that Romney was toxic as a VP.
McCain probably told them, "OK, I'm sure you have your reasons," and that was the end of the discussion.

[K8-EEE]

8. Or, they looked and said, Senator McCain he's off the list he's been paying zero effective tax rate

for years.

Which is why McCain isn't out there defending him b/c he heard first hand it was true.

[struggle4progress]

9. John: Say, Mitt, didn't you say you were giving me 20 years of tax returns?

Mitt: John, that is 20 years of my tax returns!
John: Uh, Mitt? I only see two years of returns here!
Mitt: John, John! That's because I had no taxable income for eighteen years!
John: Pardon my french, Mitt, but who's gonna fuckin fall for that shit?
Mitt: John, John, John! Nobody wants a vice-president who overpays his taxes!
John: I'm think I'll call up that nice lady in Alaska who wanted to sell me a bridge to nowhere

[Freddie]

10. St. Ronnie's 11th Commandmemt

Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.
That's all.

[SmittynMo]

12. I'm pretty sure I read

that because of his taxes, he was not considered when McCain ran. Must be some juicy stuff in there.

[former9thward]

15. McCain said exactly the opposite.

He said tax returns were not a problem. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/mccain-personally-vouches-for-romneys-returns.html

[magical thyme]

18. which brings us back to 2009, the year of swiss account amnesty

McCain wouldn't have seen the unpaid taxes on illegal UBS accounts, nor would he have seen the 2009 amnesty when Mittens chose to 'fess up and pay up versus the "f" bomb.

[former9thward]

20. Maybe, maybe not.

I go by the available facts not internet rumors and allegations.

[magical thyme]

22. facts which will probably never be available

if Huntsman's daughter is right and he drops out rather than releasing his taxes. But then, that's just her hearsay.

Whatever is in his returns, he obviously thinks it will be more damaging to release them than refuse to share them with his potential employers.

And refusing to release them, when every candidate since his own father has released many years worth, sure makes it look like he's hiding something.

[former9thward]

23. He probably is hiding something.

Not illegal but politically embarrassing. I do not believe he paid no taxes. That is based on his financial disclosure forms which go back to 2002 and are posted on the net. Based on those there is no way he could have paid no taxes. The math dictates that conclusion.

[magical thyme]

24. Unless those are the forms which state his UBS account, but leaves out

Swiss secret UBS account versus US legal branch.

I had read that he had filed something that stated UBS accounts that didn't specify which type of account.

That is what led to the speculation that the account was originally illegal Swiss and that he had to go back and changed the filing as a result of changing his tax filings in the 2009 amnesty.

[K8-EEE]

21. "nothing wrong with them," hey I'm sure they were filed correctly

There was "nothing wrong" technically with GE's either but they didn't pay any frickin' taxes!

[CabCurious]

13. GOP insiders have called on Romney to release "a few more years"

It seems to me their game plan is to hold out until the media buzz slows on this story, then to release 4-5 years of partial tax statements in hopes of killing the story for good.

I think these insiders and several on the Obama side have VERY deep access on this.

They all know what's dug deep into Romney's history. The problem is that this could be a precedent they don't want to set.

[Ratty]

14. Didn't I read about some source in McCain's camp

He said they didn't see anything amiss in Romney's returns?

[former9thward]

16. The source was McCain.

He said there were no problems. http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/mccain-personally-vouches-for-romneys-returns.html

[center rising]

17. McCain made one statement on Mitt's taxes, then clammed up!!

He knows somethings rotten here!!