On the Campaign Trail with Ed Tibbetts

MoveOn.org is launching a new television ad in Iowa tomorrow, the day presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain makes his first general election appearance in the state.

The ad criticizes McCain on Iraq and is timed to coincide with President Bush’s declaration five years ago that major combat operations in Iraq were over.

The ad is below. “Voters need to know Sen. McCain would continue President Bush’s failed policies — in Iraq and elsewhere. A vote for him is basically a vote for a third Bush term,” says Eli Pariser, MoveOn’s executive director.

McCain’s campaign referred my call to the Republican National Committee.

“MoveOn.org is joining Barack Obama and the DNC in maliciously misquoting John McCain. At nearly every event, Obama bemoans the ‘negative tone’ of politics, even while groups that support him are now running negative ads. Now, Obama should prove his rhetoric is more than ‘just words’ and stand up to MoveOn.org,” said Alex Conant, an RNC spokesman.

MoveOn has endorsed Obama. It says it is spending $160,000 on the ad in Iowa and New Mexico, part of a monthlong $1 million campaign. The ad will run for a week.

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