LAS CRUCES, N.M., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain said in an interview he wasn't sure how many homes he and his wealthy wife, Cindy, own.

Earlier estimates have put the total at seven. But staffers for McCain, R-Ariz., said the correct number is four, even if the senator was uncertain, Politico reported.


"I think -- I'll have my staff get to you," McCain said in the Tuesday interview. "It's condominiums where -- I'll have them get to you."

Democrats have recently focused on McCain's wealth as a counter to his campaign's attacks on Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as "elitist." They also note McCain's wife is heir to at least a $100 million fortune.

McCain's comments came a few days after he said in a forum that he considered someone rich only if they had at least $5 million. However, in the Politico interview he offered another definition.

"I define rich in other ways besides income," he said. "Some people are wealthy and rich in their lives and their children and their ability to educate them. Others are poor if they're billionaires."