Personal Fiscal Morality

I have difficulty seeing Andrew Sullivan's moral angle to personal financial decisions, but I also wonder whether he is correct on the "pettier matter" of his assertion that personal financial decisions are relevant to the campaign.

Obama, who grew up on food stamps and foreswore a lucrative corporate law career, "reported no liabilities in his annual financial disclosures." McCain, who married an heiress worth millions, has more than $100,000 in credit card debt.

I tend to think it isn't relevant. I can imagine someone behaving more responsibly with public funds because he recognizes his fiduciary responsibility to the public.