Dem Governor: McCain Saw Romney's Tax Files – And Chose Palin

[Tx4obama]

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"Mitt Romney is the most secretive candidate we've seen since Richard Nixon. Mitt Romney provided John McCain 23 years worth of returns when he was being vetted for vice president but he's only shared with the American people one year worth of returns," said Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt on Fox News Friday.

Another Obama campaign surrogate, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D), made the point more strongly by suggesting that Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) may have picked former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) after seeing Romney's returns in a Buzzfeed interview. The Huffington Post reported that Romney was knocked off the short-list because the number of houses that he and McCain owned was too great between them.

And not just the Obama campaign is saying that the tax return question is fair game. Republican Rep. Pete Sessions (Texas) called the tax returns question "legitimate" but declined to say how many years Romney should release. Former RNC Chair and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said on CNN Thursday that he would release more years if he was in Romney's position, but added that it wasn't an issue in the campaign.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_1672110.html

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. That's *MY* governor!! Go, Marty!!! :)