McCain's McMansions

Robert Greenwald and his dogged band of researchers at Brave New Films have a new film focusing on John McCain’s real estate mini-empire. Here is the release announcing it: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2008 AFL-CIO AND SEIU TEAM UP WITH BRAVE NEW FILMS TO TELL PUBLIC THAT MULTIMILLIONAIRE JOHN MCCAIN IS THE REAL ELITIST LOS ANGELES - This morning, Brave New Films distributed to its list of 500,000 people a new online video meant to bring attention to John McCain's exorbitant personal wealth. 'McCain's Mansions: The Real Elitist' makes the case that McCain's privilege and affluence put him out of touch with the struggles of ordinary working Americans in a recession economy. The video, which features pictures of six of McCain's ten estates, follows on the heels of a mailer with the same message sent by the AFL-CIO to... [read full story]