What is it with these Democrats in powerful positions? They appear to have serious difficulties with paying their taxes on time and in full. Now the richest man in the US Senate is in tax trouble.

The Internal Revenue Service has filed a tax lien seeking more than $800,000 from Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign, escalating a dispute over payroll taxes that the lawmaker's office blames on faulty government paperwork.

The episode has left a candidate who fell just a few percentage points short of winning the White House trying to convince the government's tax collector that his campaign already paid the taxes and doesn't owe any more.

The IRS filed the lien in the District of Columbia earlier this year, claiming that a previous attempt to collect the money was unsuccessful. "We have made a demand for payment of this liability, but it remains unpaid," the tax filing stated.

The IRS is taking action more than a year after the campaign closed its books and sent nearly $200,000 in leftover presidential campaign money to Mr. Kerry's Senate election fund.

I guess that is an example of trying to ensure public funding of his Senate campaign.

Perhaps Gigolo John should start checking behind the couch cushions at one of Teresa’s many homes or under the seat of one of her many vehicles – there’s sure to be a million or two in cash that slipped from his billionaire wife’s purse or pockets.