McCain releases a new S.C. ad

U.S. Sen. John McCain has released a S.C. TV ad touting McCain's "record of courageous leadership on the difficult issues facing our country," according to a campaign news release.

The ad touches on McCain breaking with some of his fellow Republicans to criticize Iraq war strategy and the McCain-Feingold Act he engineered that regulates campaign spending.

View the ad here

Here is a transcript of the ad.

ANNOUNCER: "One man sacrificed for his country.

"One man opposed a flawed strategy in Iraq.

"One man had the courage to call for change.

"One man didn't play politics with the truth.

"One man stands up to the special interests."

JOHN MCCAIN: "Stand up. We're Americans, we're Americans and we'll never surrender, they will."

ANNOUNCER: "One man does what's right, not what's easy. John McCain."

JOHN MCCAIN: "I'm John McCain and I approve this message."

Comments

[vote2008]

To the independent, republican, democratic voters out there. I'am a independent voter who has voted for both republicans and democratic presidential candidates since 1992. If John Edwards fails in New Hampshire and South Carolina due to bigger war chests from Hillary, then I will vote for John Mccain as he is the only other viable choice closest to my policy views and closest to the rest of the countries' independent voters. Either Edwards and/or Mccain will be in the general election matchups, no doubt. Fool me once shame on you Hilliary, fool me twice shame on me. Re- whitewater, travelgate, filegate, vince foster, ron brown, monica, right wing conspiracy, iran vote, exaggerated claims of gravitas.

[Jules T]

Romney is by far the perfect man for president. As a resident of Massachusetts and after 4 years of him as our Governor, we are just now beginning to heal from his so called cuts, like to healthcare, public education, highways and roads, programs to assist the elderly and those with mental health issues, those were his ideas of cutting the "fat". One simply needs to read the archives in the Boston Herald or Globe to see this. Yes, he put a bill into place for universal health care in Mass, but unfortunately, it really only helps those in the poorest percentile, those with incomes less than approx 10,000 a year annual income, with many loopholes and fines. It did not take into consideration many of the Middle Class, which thanks to his tax cuts and raised fees are struggling so much that they are now not being able to meet the cost of living. We make to little to keep up with the cost of living, and we make too much to get any assistance. As for the way he is running his campaign, he is just as unethical as his Lt. Gov. Healy, when she was running. Her ads were so hateful and manipulative that we in Massachusetts saw through her and did not vote her in. Her adds portrayed a rapist, that she used to try to shed our now Gov. Deval Patrick as a supporter of him. Instead, it only showed fear to victims. Read the history for yourself, he had done the same thing with a murder in Massachusetts, his administration had the chance to extend his prison term, but they were late in submitting paper work, the guy was release and killed innocents. Read for yourselves. But has any other candidate thrown this up in Mitt's face, no. They have more ethics than that. Mitt Romney is a very dangerous person; he is fiction with a convincing story.His campaign, he has no problem dishing it out, but cries like a bully when someone retaliates.

Mitt Romney lacks so much, that he is forever trying to run on a dead presidents (Reagan) record, instead of his own inept accomplishments and experience.