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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 11, 2008

LA CROSSE, Wis. - At a rally here Friday, Republican John McCain hit opponent Barack Obama over taxes, spending and health care, and accused him of dodging "serious and legitimate questions" about his record.

McCain called himself the "underdog" in the campaign, vowing to come from behind in the final weeks.

McCain accused Obama of dodging questions about his record and plans, but did not raise an issue that is now the subject of TV ads by McCain and the GOP: Obama's past association with William Ayers, a former 1960s radical who helped found the violent Weather Underground.

McCain claimed Obama's health care plans would harm small business, and took aim at his plans for several hundred billion dollars in new spending.

"Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he is asked. He has even questioned my truthfulness," McCain said. "I don't need lessons about telling the truth to the American people, and were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn't seek the advice of a Chicago politician."

McCain released on Friday perhaps his most biting ad to date against Obama, saying he "worked with terrorist Bill Ayers" and "lied" about it. "Obama. Blind ambition. Bad judgment," says the ad.

Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee has started running an ad in Wisconsin and Indiana accusing Obama of being "trained" in Chicago-style "shady politics," citing Ayers, convicted developer Tony Rezko, and William Daley, son of former longtime mayor Richard Daley.

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