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McCain Prepares Rezko Ad; Wright "Now Fair Game"; GOP 527 Attacks

Nitpicker found this 8/21/2008 on marcambinder.theatlantic.com

Sen. John McCain's campaign is finishing a hard-hitting television ad highlighting Barack Obama 's ties to shady Chicago land dealer Tony Rezko, the one-time Obama patron who was convicted earlier this summer of fraud. A campaign official said that the decision to Go Rezko was Obama's.  "He's opened the door to this," the official said. The ad will be released to network news divisions ...