McCain returns to anti-spending theme in new ad
CONCORD, N.H. --Sen. John McCain plans to air a new television ad starting Thursday in New Hampshire, again touting his record of curbing wasteful spending and criticizing the influence of lobbyists.
The ad flashes words such as "boondoggle" and "corporate welfare" as an announcer calls the Arizona Republican the best option to fight out-of-control spending.
"When special interests and bureaucrats conspired to spend $30 billion of your tax dollars on a defense contract boondoggle, everyone looked the other way," the announcer says, referring to a canceled
That man, according to the campaign, is McCain.
"One man has the experience to know it was wrong and the courage to stop it. Corruption exposed. Billions saved. Wrongdoers jailed," the announcer continues.
Fighting wasteful spending has become a cornerstone of McCain's campaign. When he campaigns, he routinely touts his efforts to fight legislative pet projects in Congress.
"All the candidates for president say they'll stop wasteful spending," the announcer says as images of Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards and Republicans Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani flip across the screen. "One man has actually done it."
Boeing had planned a $30 billion air-tanker deal with the Pentagon for 100 refueling planes. An investigation showed shortcomings in the way the government controls large contracts and Congress eventually canceled the Boeing contract.
The ad follows a pair last week in which McCain criticized Clinton for trying to designate $1 million for a Woodstock museum in Bethel, N.Y., site of the August 1969 rock festival.
