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    "Passed Over": One Great Bad Ad

    Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 2:36 PM | By Melinda Henneberger
    McCain's new ad "Passed Over" urges Hillary voters to see the fact that she wasn't chosen as Obama's running mate as a fresh betrayal—and evidence that he's just too wimpy to countenance a strong, truth-telling woman: "She won millions of votes,'' a female announcer says, over a montage of various flattering campaign-trail shots of Hillary, "but isn't on his ticket. Why? For speaking the truth. ... The truth hurt. And Obama didn't like it.'' It's a great ad, cynical in the extreme, and likely to be so effective that I can't wait for the follow-up featuring the greatest hits of all the things Bill Clinton has said about Obama. Only, if McCain is such a Hillary fan, and they have so much in common as a couple of straight-talkers, what's to stop him from showing that ability to reach across the aisle he's always talking about? McCain-Clinton—now that says maverick.
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