JOHN MCCAIN 2008 LAUNCHES WEB AD: "CHARACTER IN SPADES"
COLUMBIA, SC -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today launched a new web ad, entitled "Character In Spades." The ad sets the record straight about John McCain's record of service and sacrifice.
"Character In Spades" will appear on the website of The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina.
Script for "Character In Spades" (:60-Web)
NBC'S TIM RUSSERT: McCain spent five years in a box, baking in the heat.
FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR BUDDY ROEMER: Broken bones. Torture. Mistreatment. Malnourished.
FORMER POW AND MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT COL. BUD DAY, USAF (RET.): I took one look at him, he weighed about 95 pounds, and I said, 'These people dumped this guy on me so they could claim that we let him die.'
ROEMER: Hanging on by his fingernails, he stayed an American.
COL. DAY: But John McCain didn't have any intention of dying. That wasn't in his program.
RUSSERT: He can't raise his arms above this height because of the pain. Someone is going to attack his patriotism and his courage? Please.
FORMER POW LT. COLONEL ORSON SWINDLE, USMC (RET.): When he was in prison and about to die and they gave him a chance to come home and he knew the damage that would be done should he accept something like that, his character came through in spades and says no way.
JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.
