Seconds ago I just heard an Obama commercial that actually tried to TIE AYERS to MCCAIN! Ayers sat on a board with many prominent conservatives with ties to McCain....etc
0bama has used this tactic over and over: Projecting his own crimes and inadequacies on his opponents, and conversely claiming credit for their achievements. E.g. McCain and other Repub's actually did warn about Fannie & Freddie, so 0 claims he did also. His belief (probably valid) is that dumb sheeple won't know the difference.