>I'd be similarly cynical if McDonald's proposed new health and safety regulations for restaurants.

"Because McDonald's wants food regulations, we can therefore conclude that all food regulations should be eliminated."

Obviously this would be rather silly.

It would be helpful to stop obsessing about McDonald's finances and simply discuss the best food regulation strategy. We just can't learn all that much about the best way to regulate food by making cynical proclamations about which food regulations will benefit the bottom line at McDonald's.