John McCain continues his assault on Democratic rival Barack Obama's
stand on Iraq in a new TV ad unveiled today that is to air on national
cable and nearly a dozen battleground states.
The spot, McCain's first explicitly negative ad of the general
election campaign, points out that Obama has not visited Iraq since
January 2006, accuses him of voting against funding for the troops, and
argues that he opposed the war to win the nomination.
An independent conservative group that worked on behalf of President Bush in 2004 is planning to begin broadcasting nationally next week a commercial that attacks Senator Barack Obama as a flip-flopper.
The non-profit advocacy group, Let Freedom Ring, is planning to spend several hundred thousand dollars to broadcast the commercial over several days beginning Tuesday, according to Colin Hanna, president of the organization.
The group has already obtained clearance to broadcast the advertisement on CNN and MSNBC and is seeking approval from several networks to make a national advertising purchase, Mr. Hanna said. But it is unclear how many spots the group could purchase, or how much impact it could have, by going the unorthodox route of a national buy. Full story...
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