Posts Tagged ‘President Of The United States’
Over the last few weeks, the issues of John McCain’s age and health have been pushed, with much resistance, back into the heart of the political discussion. Prompted in part by the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate, the topic crested with the release of a political advertisement calling attention to McCain’s history of skin cancer and the need for more information about his medical records.
Cable news stations were too skittish to run the spot, produced by Brave New PAC. CNN refused to air it, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly called it shameful, and MSNBC, which initially aired the ad, reversed course and took it off the air.
