Is it the McCain campaign, a 527, or both?

And the Straight Talk Express^TM keeps rolling.  

With McCain aides dropping like flies over their lobbyist and special interest ties, a new zero tolerance policy was put in place by the McCain campaign. The new policy prohibits lobbyists (except his top advisors) and participants in 527’s from any involvement in his campaign.  And while the policy did force Senators Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman to step down from their advisory roles with a rightwing 527, Vets for Freedom, for some reason Wade Zirkle, a McCain "leadership team member," and Max Boot, an outside foreign policy advisor, are still lending their expertise to both the McCain campaign and to that very same 527...and it shows.  

John McCain:

Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once. A little over two years ago, he went and he has never seized the opportunity except in a hearing to meet with General Petraeus. This is about leadership and learning.

Vets for Freedom ad:

The last time Barack Obama visited Iraq was in January 2006...Because he hasn't been there in over two years. Senator Obama, when will you go back to Iraq to see the progress firsthand. And when will you finally decide to meet one on one, unconditionally, with General Petraeus.

John McCain:

Now, why is it that Senator Obama wants to sit down with the President of Iran, but hasn't yet sat down with General Petraeus - the leader of our troops in Iraq?

Vets for Freedom ad:

He wasn't available to meet with us, but we weren't surprised because he hasn't once sat down once, one-on-one, with our Commander in Iraq, General Petraeus...He's unwilling to get the facts on Iraq, yet he's willing to travel to Iran to meet with their leader or anyone else who hates our country.

But hey, it's probably just a coincidence that McCain has two advisors working for a 527 whose message parrots what McCain is saying out on the campaign trail.  Because a campaign coordinating with a 527 would be wrong.  And illegal.