McCain's new ad says "We're worse off than we were 4 years ago" yet he said opposite during primary. [View All]

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http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_mccain_ad_hes_the_original.php

apparently he side steps blaming Bush but blames Washington instead. He says system is broken and he knows it.

Obama spokesperson Bill Burton responds:

"Senator McCain wants Americans to forget that during the Republican primary, he said that Americans were better off than we were eight years ago, and that he thinks we've made 'great progress economically.' He wants us to forget that he's fully embraced the Bush policies he once opposed, and bragged about supporting those policies 'more than 90 percent of time.' The truth is, being a maverick isn't practicing the same kind of politics we have seen from Washington for decades, it isn't having a campaign run by Washington lobbyists, and it's certainly not promoting the same policies that have led America down the wrong path these past eight years."