[Alas Babylon!]

Has anyone heard from McCain about him being in the Kerry ads? I wonder what his office is saying...

I think he's pretty sure that the Swift Boat Vets for Truth stole the strawberries. All he needs is two steel marbles.

[GretchenM]

The New York Post Online has a piece called "John a Viet Con: Dole" with this:

A CBS poll shows Kerry's support among veterans has dropped 10 points since the group began advertising.

Kerry launched a new ad yesterday — after his first damage-control ad last week did little to raise his poll numbers.

The new [Kerry] ad features President Bush and John McCain, with a narrator saying, "Bush smeared John McCain four years ago. Now, he's doing it to John Kerry."

That spot, which implies that the Bush campaign is behind the Swift Boat ads, is designed to make it appear that McCain is bashing Bush. McCain heads Bush's re-election bid in Arizona and has asked Kerry not to use him in the Democratic ads.

The Bush campaign criticized the ad as "false and libelous."