This morning, before Senator John McCain even agreed to attend tonight’s debate, a Web ad paid for by the McCain campaign appeared alongside a Wall Street Journal article boldly declaring him the winner. The foreign policy debate with Barack Obama isn’t scheduled until 9 p.m. tonight.
Credit for the WashingtonPost.com. The ad read, “McCain Wins Debate!” unfortunately recalling the
Another ad, according to the same report but lacking a screenshot, quoted campaign manager 5-day lead-time, so it could be the ad was placed, at the latest, before Monday—and likely before the campaign knew McCain would temporarily “suspend” his campaign.
The young man answering the phone for the McCain campaign assured us anyone with the authority to make a statement was on a plane for Mississippi—every single one of them—but promised to forward our inquiries to the appropriate officials in the off-chance they become available.
The McCain campaign has yet to reply otherwise for request for comment. The Obama/Biden camp had not responded by press time.
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