GOP Reverend Wright Ad

[Myst Warrior]

Apparently, the "Republican National Trust" GOP political 527 has now released an ad about Obama's associations with Wright. I just saw the ad on NBC: http://www.salon.com/politics/war_ro...0/27/you_knew/

Now, McCain had officially declared Obama's associations with Wright completely off-limits for his campaign, in commercials, debates, or even speeches. What, then does this say about our electoral process?

More specifically, do you think it is a coincidence this was released so soon before the election (only one week)? Do you think that the Republican National Committee was behind it, and went behind McCain's back? Or do you believe that McCain actually broke his word? Is this a last, desperate ploy?

Personally, I can't believe that he gave this the go-ahead, and I doubt this was connected as directly to the McCain camp as, say, Swift-Boat Veterans for Truth was to Bush's. It still stands, however, that the presidential nominee was unable to keep this subject off the airwaves, a telling sign of his lack of control over his own party.

I understand 527s are not directly under the control of their party, but really? Running this ad on major networks takes a LOT of money, and someone in the party had to find out about it.