LAS VEGAS — Senators in opposing political parties asked Republican presidential candidate John McCain to stop the automated phone calls that link Democratic candidate Barack Obama to a 1960s radical.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, Sen. Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican, and Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, made separate appeals to McCain on Friday.
Reid told reporters at a news conference in Las Vegas that he’s surprised at the “scummy” tactics employed by McCain’s presidential campaign and “can’t believe John McCain knows what’s going on.”
The McCain campaign says the calls are warranted because Obama’s connection to former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers — the two met many years after Ayers’ anti-Vietnam War activities had ended — raises questions about the Democrat’s judgment and record.
