McCain Issues New "Clean Coal" Ads in Colorado

Although Obama' s energy plan includes measures for "clean coal," Joe Biden's words beg to differ. Apparently, a video of Biden has been circulating on the Internet in which he specifically states that the Democratic ticket does not support "clean coal."

MSNBC released the text of McCain's new radio ad attacking Biden's statement. The text is as follows:

Here's the Colorado script:

ANNCR: Clean Coal is important to America. And to Colorado. For
Coloradoans, coal means thousands of jobs. Economic growth. More affordable
electricity. For America, coal means energy independence. And clean coal means
cleaner air. But Obama-Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal. Listen
to Joe Biden.

JOE BIDEN: "No coal plants here in America". "We're not
supporting clean coal".

ANNCR: No coal plants in America? No jobs in Colorado? No energy
independence for America?
It's no surprise. After all, Obama-Biden and their
liberal allies opposed off-shore drilling. Congressional liberals blocked
off-shore drilling putting special interests, before our interests.
Obama-Biden and their liberal allies. Too risky for our jobs, our economic
future. Paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee.

JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approved this message.

The question that one must ask is how far can a campaign go in stretching the truth? Yes, Biden did make an anti-clean coal slip; however, it is clear that Obama's energy plan does include clean coal measures. The issues of taking statements out of context and stretching them to make new meanings has been an issue for both campaigns. It will be interesting to see how the Obama campaign responds to these new ads since Obama has campaigned on a new kind of politics free of petty attacks against opposing candidates. Could this ad be McCain's response to Obama's increasingly negative ads in Colorado concerning the Hispanic vote.