John McCain Doesn't Know What Middle Class Means

John McCain being interviewed at the Saddleback Forum last weekend:

Q: Define rich.
A: ... if you’re just talking about income, how about $5 million.

From the Carpetbagger Report:

As far as McCain is concerned, if you make $4.9 million a year, more than 99.9% of the population, you’re not quite rich.

In graphical form (click for bigness):



This has led to an excellent DNC attack ad: