Hillary Clinton is absolutely determined to wage this campaign on John McCain's terms. Here's her closing argument to Pennsylvanians, complete with an image of bin Laden:
Sometimes you get the feeling that Republicans saw 9/11 as a political bonanza more than anything else. It's too bad that Hillary Clinton is following their lead.
There's nothing new about this kind of politics: in 1984, Ronald Reagan ran an ad with similar themes, but different imagery.
Hillary Clinton and John McCain want to keep on doing things the same way we've done them year after year, with the same old arguments and the same old battle lines.
This year, with Barack Obama, we've got an opportunity to change that game. That's the test of this election. Isn't it time we try something different?
© Jed Lewison