So the interlinks are buzzing today about an ad that John McCain will air during Obama's acceptance speech tonight. Well, not during, as I'd doubt the networks will cut to commercial while he's speaking, but probably during the COVERAGE it will air.

McCain flack Jill Hazelbaker said this:

I think this is the first of its kind. Senator McCain is going to speak direct to camera to Barack Obama. I'm not going to give away many more details than that. But suffice to say it's going to be a very exciting ad, and I think it's going to get a lot of attention.

So here's my theory/prediction. A lot of folks think its going to be an "attack" ad. I don't.

What if John McCain actually congratulates Barack Obama on his historic nomination, instead of attacking him for it?

I think its a smart move.

This would re-enforce McCain's "mavericky"/honorable image to the low information voters who don't know the kind of swiftboating McCain is engaging in.

Hey, if he's congratulating Obama on national tv, he obviously isn't questioning his patriotism or American-ness like he's been accused.

Plus, wouldn't it be seen as bad form for the man who voted against honoring MLK to rip Obama apart on his historic night, and on the anniversary of the March on Washington?

Of course, this is all speculation on my part. Who knows what the ad contains, or even if there is an ad. We'll just have to wait and see. I just wanted my prediction on the record in case I was right.

And if i'm wrong, well....it certainly won't be the last time.

Thoughts?

Even on the night his wife is supposed to be the star, Bill can't help but complicate matters.

The former president, speaking in Denver, posed a hypothetical question in which he seemed to suggest that that the Democratic Party was making a mistake in choosing Obama as its presidential nominee.

He said: "Suppose for example you're a voter. And you've got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don't think that person can deliver on anything. Candidate Y disagrees with you on half the issues, but you believe that on the other half, the candidate will be able to deliver. For whom would you vote?"

Kind of makes you wonder what, exactly, he's going to say tomorrow night...

So i was reading this story on how John McCain is using his POW status as an excuse as to why he doesn't know how many houses he owns.

What I found interesting was the paragraph at the end.

Obama's house in the affluent Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park is worth more than $1.5 million, and he has made millions from the publication of two autobiographical books.

What's so strange about that? Well. I read the story three times just to make sure I didn't miss it, but .that came out of nowhere. There is no mention of the worth of the McCains' homes, or the fact that his wife spends $250,000 a month on credit cards (hey, gas isn't cheap for private jets these days).

If they had disclosed McCain's worth, then I'd say it would be fair to mention Obama's assets.

But that's not what happened.

All it says-ALL it says, is that his wife is "a wealthy heiress to a beer distributorship."

So if we're using the same rules, all they should have said about Obama is that he "made a some money from his two bestselling books."