Taking McCain Head On

The Obama campaign isn't sitting idly by, as Kerry did in 2004, as the Republicans swift-boat him. They're taking McCain on directly. Today they released a 13-minute documentary called Keating Economics, reminding people of McCain's role in the Keating 5 scandal, related to the S&L crisis that is similar to our current financial predicament. Notice the source: it's directly paid for by the Obama campaign. They're not cowering behind some unofficial PAC like Bush did in '04. Watch it:



And they released this ad, again acknowledging McCain's attack directly, shooting it down, and firing back. Whatever you think of these tactics, you have to give them credit for being honest and direct about them.