There have been several new PAC ads out since Obama signaled that he was okay with Democratic 527's entering the race. Even TPM is reporting that Top Democrats Privately Urging Major Donors To Fund Outside Groups To Attack McCain (here)
We saw the recent Defenders of Wildlife Ad attacking Palin on her savagery:
Now, the Brave New Films PAC (A 527) is attacking McCain's P.O.W. Cred with another P.O.W. that served with him in Vietnam.
Video and transcript below the fold.
TRANSCRIPT:
Hell I'm seventy years old and I've been a Prisoner of War [unintelligble?] like this. I think i can say that the prisoner of war experience is not a good prerequisite for President of the United States. He [McCain] was well-known as a very violent guy and he would blow up and go off like a Roman Candle. John McCain is not somebody I would like to see with his finger near the red button.
I have mixed feelings about this ad, it seems like it is a good war to start off the 527 air war for the Democrats, and really hammers McCain on his P.O.W.=president requirement, and his military experience by linking to his sometimes explosive temperament. On the other hand, voters will be reminded by the swiftboating of last election with this new ad, and any attacks on McCain's patriotism or service record is likely to backfire in a bad way, among the media, making it more likely Obama will have to refute and apologize for this. However, it is true, which is more than McCain can say about his ads.
I really hope they Focus Group-ed the hell out of this because it has gone national. So far I've heard reports of it in Chicago, Texas, Connecticut, among others.
The war is on now, and is taking no prisoners.