The point that McCain was trying to make with "Joe the Plumber" was that Joe supposedly claimed he personally represented someone who was going to be hurt by Obama's tax plan. That was his whole value --- he put a face on the issue, just a regular plumber guy who was going to be denied the American Dream. It was about Joe the person as an example.

So when the person Joe the Plumber who is going to be harmed by Obama's tax plan really turns out to the Sam the Unlicensed Plumber who actually benefits from Obama's tax plan, it does sort of invalidate the value he had to McCain.

When you put a real face on the people making more than $250,000 a year or the business owners whose businesses clear a net profit of more than $250,000 a year, it is not ordinary Joes struggling for the American Dream like this guy. Most ordinary Joes struggling for the American Dream like this guy do not clear $250,000 a year and would see a benefit from Obama's tax plan. 95% of American would see a benefit from Obama's tax plan. This guy actually puts a face on the people who would be helped by Obama's plan.

And now since McCain has thrust this poor bastard into the spolight, all this crap about his shady unlicensed business practices, unpaid back taxes, and indictied family members is coming out too. He is probably going to rue the day the McCain picked him out to be put on the national stage! Hel'll probably face some kind of legal action if he has been doing unlicesned contract work! That sucks, but he brought it on himself by lying on TV to make a bogus political point --- probably just didn't think it would go as far as it did.