John Sidney McSocialSecurity User

By GottaLaff

J Sid will accept money from whomever and wherever he can get it. Take his wife, f'rinstance... please!

McCain's wife, Cindy, reported a total income of more than $6 million in 2006, according to the campaign. She files her tax return separately from her husband and has received an extension for 2007. Heiress to a large Arizona beer distributorship, she is reportedly worth more than $100 million.

J Sid pulled in $405,409 of his own. And guess where some of that $405,409 came from:

Although Republican presidential candidate John McCain has called Social Security "a disgrace," he still cashes his own retirement check every month.

Yes. No. No. Yes. Okay, yes, hand over the check. Who is he to say no?

"I'm receiving the benefits, the system is broken and, unfortunately, my children and grandchildren, according to the trustees of the Social Security system, will not have the same benefits the present retirees have," McCain told reporters Thursday on his campaign bus.

McCain's 2007 tax return shows Social Security benefits of $23,157 for the year, an average of $1,929.75 a month. He said he started receiving the payments "whenever I was eligible."

John Sidney McNoYes: The candidate who takes what he can get.