Whither the Working Class Hero?

"A working class hero is something to be" - John Lennon

Dear John,

What do you think about a "Working Class Hero" remix? Maybe change the chorus a bit. "A working class hero was something to be..."

In the years before your death, compassionate politics focused on the poor and the working class. The politics of today, at least the "compassionate conservative" variety, has cut-and-run from the "War on Poverty," proclaiming the half-hearted effort a failure. In the new millennium, the "War on the Middle Class" is all the rage.