On the Campaign Trail with Ed Tibbetts

As Barack Obama tries to push his way past Hillary Clinton, John McCain continues to run mostly unfettered.

His campaign is putting up a new television ad in Iowa, his second. Jeff Zadosky, a spokesman, won’t say how much the campaign is spending or how long the ad is going to run. He does say the two ads show McCain’s “commitment to the state.”

Iowa is expected to be a battleground state this fall.

The ad, called “Accountable,” pitches simpler, fairer taxes and portable, affordable health care. Cheaper, cleaner energy, too.

The image on the latter is a windmill, not an ethanol plant. That’s interesting. McCain, of course, is against ethanol subsidies.

Not to read too much into it. Iowa has hundreds of windmills, too. But it’s a choice that will likely get noticed.

Anyway, here’s the ad.

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