From The Pgh Post Gazette
Editorial

Three important pieces of information are still missing from the picture required for the American public to evaluate the remaining candidates for president.

The putative Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, has not yet made available his current health records. This is important if only on the basis that, if elected, he would be the oldest president to take office. It is also relevant because Mr. McCain has had surgery for skin cancer. Decades earlier, he required serious physical repairs and other therapy after six years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Another area where Mr. McCain owes greater disclosure is personal finances. He has revealed his own tax records, but his wife, who has a considerable fortune that includes inheritance from her father’s beer distributorship in Phoenix, has declined to make her returns available for public consideration.

It is true that since the McCains file separate returns, she is not required by law to reveal her financial status. At the same time, applicants for federal positions must submit their financial records and that of their spouses to the government’s ethics overseers for examination for possible conflicts of interest.

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