Looking Up Other Things

I was following links on McCain's use (overuse, underuse?) of his POW status and came upon this link at MSNBC's First Read. In it Kelly O'Donnell is laying out the McCain campaign's planned response to the Biden pick for VP, the "Houses" flap, and other recent events. I was struck by the following with regard to the "houses" flap. Speaking of the McCain campaign advisors

They say Americans think most people in presidential politics are wealthy and will point out that Obama "made himself a multi-millionaire after he entered public life."

So they plan to "...point out that Obama "made himself a multi-millionaire after he entered public life." So they are going to try and persuade Americans to support the guy who doesn't know how many houses he owns because he married into money, over the guy who "...made himself a multi-millionaire..." by writing books. I'm not up on my Horatio Alger, and I am a liberal, but I thought the later option (making yourself a multi-millionaire) was the one to admire.