McCain Campaign Yanks 'Obama Love' Web Video

wired.com     Jul 27, 2008            

John McCain's 'Obama Love' fund-raising video was a hit on the web this week, so it's a surprise to find that it's been zapped from the campaign's YouTube channel. According to Unruly Media's viral video tracking service, the McCain campaign's 'Obama Love' video was the hottest presidential candidate viral video on the web this week. Nevertheless, the video has been removed from YouTube. The fund-raising videos also appear to have also been removed from the campaign's web site. Unruly Media reports that the video has been viewed almost 260,000 times since its release Tuesday. That makes it one of the McCain campaign's most successful viral videos to date. It's not clear why the video was deleted, but there's a good chance that the campaign's use of Frankie Valli's hit tune Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You had something to do... [read full story]                    


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