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2008 POLITICAL ADS: WHITE HOUSE

John McCain For President: "Troop Funding"

Updated: January 2, 2011 | 10:44 p.m.
July 21, 2008

Producer: Foxhole Productions

Running Time: 00:30

Debut Date: 07/18/2008

Ad Buy: national cable and 11 battleground states

Cost: not available

Summary: McCain accuses Obama of flip-flopping on his position regarding the Iraq war.

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Script of "Troop Funding" (TV)

ANNOUNCER (v/o): Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan.

(Text on screen: MSNBC Debate, February 26, 2008)

He hasn't been to Iraq in years.

(Text on screen: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, June 15, 2008)

He voted against funding our troops.

(Text on screen: Congressional Record: H.R. 2206, CQ Vote #181, May 24, 2007)

Positions that helped him win his nomination.

(Text on screen: "Obama's disingenuous 'change' agenda," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 06, 2008)

Now Obama is changing to help himself become president.

(Text on screen: "Obama the candidate of 'change my mind,'" New York Post, June 29, 2008)

John McCain has always supported our troops and the surge that's working. McCain. Country first.

(Text on screen: JohnMcCain.com; Paid For By John McCain 2008)

JOHN MCCAIN (v/o): I'm John McCain and I approve this message.

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