Anti-McCain ad a ‘nightmare’

The Hill
By Klaus Marre and Manu Raju
Posted: 09/04/08 01:21 AM [ET]ST. PAUL — An independent ad featuring a fellow prisoner of war questioning John McCain’s ability to be president is a “nightmare” for Barack Obama, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) said Wednesday.

In the ad, Philip Butler says he would not like to see McCain in the White House because of the POW experience and the Arizona senator’s temperament.

Butler served alongside Sen. McCain (Ariz.) at the U.S. Naval Academy and later was imprisoned alongside the presumptive GOP nominee in Vietnam.

“I think I can say with authority that the prisoner-of-war experience is not a good prerequisite for president of the United States,” Butler says in the ad, which was produced by Brave New PAC, a political action committee associated with the liberal film company Brave New Films. Source Article