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[alexjay]

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All the more impressive of a comment for the obvious pain it caused him to have to say it.

And on the subject of Senator Clinton, a small thing in her favor: Much has been made of the fact that she has not yet released the tax returns for herself and her husband. And she should, make no mistake.
But has anyone noticed that the person in the race who

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[mariness]

Actually, McCain's failure to release his tax records has been noticed by a lot of people: Andrew Sullivan, when he can stop frothing at the mouth about Clinton for a few seconds, the guys over at , Atrios, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel....and a lot of others. The fact that even Sullivan managed to get off his anti-Clinton rants long enough to notice means that yeah, McCain needs to release the tax forms, like, now, although he claims he's releasing them on April 15.

[mariness]

Sorry. I'm so exhausted I can't format properly. But, rest assured, I've seen the call for McCain to release his tax records out there in many, many venues.

Not that McCain is listening.

[farmishtphoenix]

Perhaps some brave and selfless IRS employee will release his records for him...

[alexjay]

... and if he or she does that, then he or she will be fired. By which I mean, removed from the Service, and never again allowed to work for the government.

And if that happens, then he or she deserves it.

I have to defend people who UNAX (perform an Unauthorized Access) more frequently than I would like--and that, a UNAX which could be said to be done maliciously, for gain, and involving a disclosure to a third party, would be one which would be indefensible.

As much as people joke about the IRS, the most important thing is that the nation's people can safely trust that their private information will be safe and will be held sacrosanct.

Seriously.