And This

From Josh Marshall at TPM

Unfit for High Office

...One of the interesting aspects of this campaign is watching the scales fall from the eyes of many of John McCain's closest admirers among the veteran DC press corps....

...But, let's face it, John McCain is running a campaign almost entirely based on straight up lies. Not just exaggerations or half truths but the sort of straight up, up-is-down mind-blowers we've become so accustomed to from the current occupants of the White House. And today McCain comes out with this rancid, race-baiting ad based on another lie. Willie Horton looks mild by comparison.....

....This is ugly stuff. And this is an ugly person. There's clearly no level of sleaze this guy won't stoop to to win this election.....

...But what is already apparent is that John McCain is running the sleaziest, most dishonest and race-baiting campaign of our lifetimes....

This is the ad both Joe Klein and Josh are talking about: