Wow, the commercial almost writes itself:

The McCain/Palin ticket is the first in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election.

McCain, of course, was admonished by Senate Ethics Committee "for exercising 'poor judgment' for intervening" with federal regulators on behalf of Charles Keating, as part of the infamous Keating Five scandal.

And now McCain's running mate has also been found to have violated state ethics laws and abused the powers of her office, as part of the "Troopergate" scandal.

The nation has had 102 major-party tickets covering 51 presidential elections over more than two centuries. And we've never had a ticket in which both candidates on the same ticket were responsible for ethics violations before a national election. McCain/Palin is the first.

The post makes and excellent point and I hope to see it in future commercials. This shouldn't be acceptable in our politics. Especially in Palin's case where her entire tenure as Governor has been marred by violations of ethics laws. She has no place in National politics. I guess it's for AK to decide if she belongs where she is but I wouldn't want her as my Governor.

It's ironic indeed that the Republican party likes to think of themselves as the "values" party.