Do YOU care how many homes John McCain owns?

I also started this blog so that I'd have a place to put my rejected submissions to AC. So, because it's a week-old story that everyone's sick of and I don't plan to blog over the weekend, here's one that was sent back to me yesterday:

If the news that John McCain was not clear on the number of homes in his name when asked by Politico.com a few days ago (although you can be sure he knows now) came as a shock, the question should be asked: Do you honestly care? Furthermore, do they honestly find Barack Obama's transaction history to be more relatable?

He certainly seems to think so. We can almost pinpoint the moment the Obama campaign heard the news, because a figurative cash register sound ("Cha-ching!") seemed to chime around the world as every major news outlet began pouncing on his capitalization of McCain's gaff. Obama, who purchased a Chicago home for a reported $1.65 million in 2005, seems to believe that this should be the nail in McCain's coffin, stating at a Virginia campaign stop:

"If you're like me, and you've got one house, or you are like the millions of people who are struggling right now to keep up with their mortgage so they don't lose their home, you might have different perspective."

I'm wondering: Does having "one house" ensure that Obama is like every other American? In his favor, at least Obama had the good sense to separate himself from those who are facing foreclosure. But are Americans who purchase their homes from a neighborhood real estate agent and fund their loans from the first bank who approves them - or gives them the lowest interest rate - really like Barack and Michelle? Do most Americans purchase the lots adjacent to their homes to expand their backyards? Some, perhaps. In that regard, those people are indeed like the Obamas.

But do the homeowners who purchase said lots do so with the aid of a convicted felon/old friend/former employer/prominent supporter of their career ambitions (or in Obama's case, political campaigns)? I don't know, you tell me.

And while you're at it, tell me if it matters to you that the Obamas did that very thing, (don't believe me, believe the Chicago Sun-Times). If the answer is no, I suppose John McCain's real estate portfolio shouldn't matter to you either.