Barack Obama's newest surrogate: John McCain

I love this new radio ad. It uses Barack Obama's best attack dog to go after John McCain -- John McCain himself.

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ANNCR:   July 9.  2008. Portsmouth, Ohio. Here's what John McCain said about DHL’s plans to eliminate 8,200 Ohio jobs.

JOHN MCCAIN (from Ohio town hall):  I gotta look you in the eye and give you straight talk. I don't know if I can stop it or not or if it will be stopped.

ANNCR:  But there’s something John McCain's not telling you: It was McCain who used his influence in the Senate to help foreign-owned DHL buy a U.S. company and gain control over the jobs that are now on the chopping block in Ohio.

And that's not all: McCain's campaign manager was the top lobbyist for the DHL deal...helped push it through.  His firm was paid $185,000 to lobby McCain and other Senators.

Now 8,200 Ohioans are facing layoffs, and foreign-owned DHL doesn't care.

JOHN MCCAIN (from Ohio town hall): I gotta look you in the eye and give you straight talk.

ANNCR:   John McCain. Same old politics.  Same failed policies.

BARACK OBAMA:  I'm Barack Obama, candidate for President, and I approved this message. Paid for by Obama for America.