Going negative

Now that John McCain's campaign has officially descended into the gutter and is relying completely on negative attacks against Barack Obama as a campaign strategy, it seems fitting to go back to 2000 and see what McCain had to say about negative campaigning.

On Feb. 21, 2000, on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, McCain said, "Uh, I, I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."

Really?

Keep that in mind as you are subjected to McCain's negative, fact-free ads over the next few weeks.