Last month, when the McCain campaign announced that Cindy McCain would not release her tax returns, CREW's Melanie Sloan explained our concerns:

McCain's decision not to release his wife's returns baffled some Washington ethics experts. They noted that plenty of detail about the McCain children's trust accounts and even their credit card debt is included in the candidate's Senate financial disclosure forms.

"I think this argument about the privacy of the kids is really a red herring," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "The fact is, it is precedent that presidential candidates release their returns. When you don't, it looks like you've got something to hide."

Apparently, those concerns don't matter to the McCains. Today, Mrs. McCain vowed she would NEVER publicly release her returns: