Kerry Rips Former Pal McCain for Ad Citing Praise from Dems

CQ Politics ^ | 8-7-08 | Jonathan Allen Posted on 08/07/2008 3:55:05 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry blasted presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain for using video clips of Democrats’ past praise of McCain in a web-only campaign commercial released Thursday morning. Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, called the Arizona senator “unrecognizable” and said he had “changed overnight.” In painting McCain as a maverick, the ad features a series of Democrats — Kerry, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, Sen. Russell Feingold and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. — talking up the Republican nominee as a bipartisan deal-maker and all-around good guy. Daschle: “He can work with Democrats on key issues.” Biden: “I would be honored to run... [read full story]