WASHINGTON — A major labor union and the liberal organization are joining forces to air a provocative new ad portraying John McCain’s Iraq policy as a prolonged presence that would involve a new generation of Americans.
Paid for by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and by , the commercial represents an expansion by Democratic-leaning groups of a campaign against McCain. It also targets one of McCain’s major assets — his public credibility on national-security issues.
The ad will begin airing nationally Wednesday on CNN and MSNBC, and in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin markets. It will run for a week at a cost of $543,000.
In the ad, an actress with an infant child speaks as if she were addressing McCain. She introduces her baby to McCain as Alex, and asks: “When you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can’t have him.”
