October 24, 2007

McCain contrasts images of Woodstock and his years as a Vietnam

Republican John McCain contrasts images of Woodstock and his years as a Vietnam prisoner of war in a new television ad that pokes fun at Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. The commercial, set to air on New Hampshire television, decries a proposal, since scrapped, to spend $1 million for a museum in Bethel, N.Y., site of the August 1969 rock festival. Clinton and her fellow New York senator, Chuck Schumer, had backed the plan. The ad highlights McCain's criticism of excessive Washington spending, reminds voters of the Arizona senator's decorated war record and shows off his humor.

The 30-second ad is running in Boston and Manchester, N.H., media markets through Nov. 4 at a cost of more than $100,000, according to data obtained by another presidential campaign.

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