McCain says Obama would harm middle class  Republican
presidential nominee John McCain said Friday that if his
Democratic rival Barack Obama is elected along with a Democratic
Congress the middle class is "going to be put through the
wringer."  McCain told a noisy rally in Denver, "The answer to a
slowing economy is not higher taxes, but that is exactly what is
going to happen when the Democrats have total control in
Washington."  Obama has proposed a tax increase on the 5 percent
of taxpayers who make more than $250,000 a year and advocates
tax cuts for those who make less.  The Arizona senator ridiculed
the idea that any tax increases would be narrowly targeted and,
at the same time, sought to link Obama to the unpopular
Congress.  "Anytime you hear talk of a targeted tax increase,
you might want to double-check the skill of the marksman _ the
U.S Congress has been known to fire wildly," McCain said.
"America didn't become the greatest nation on earth by giving
our money to the government to spread the weal