the difference in "attack" ads

Presidential candidates air attack ads

WASHINGTON - Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are criticizing each other in new television ads, trying to drive down public opinion of one another with six weeks left in the election.

In his ad, McCain portrays Obama as a product of corrupt Chicago machine politics. Obama says in his spot that McCain's proposal to deregulate health care could have disastrous effects like the deregulation of Wall Street.
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McCain's ad begins, "Barack Obama: Born of the corrupt Chicago political machine." That's an inaccurate statement — Obama wasn't a machine candidate in the state Senate or in the U.S. Senate primary. However, he has been backed by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and other establishment Democrats since he got the Senate nomination in 2004 and has worked with them since being elected.

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So, once again, Obama's ad is based on facts and tells of McCain's terrible judgement and McCain's ad is based on a lie. What a surprise!