Obama ad rebuts McCain independence from Bush

Barack Obama's campaign already has a new national cable TV ad to counter perhaps Republican rival John McCain's highlight of Wednesday night's debate.

After Obama repeated his line of attack that a McCain presidency would continue what Democrats call President Bush's failed policies, McCain declared, "Senator Obama, I am not President Bush."

The announcer responds, over a series of images showing McCain looking exasperated and McCain with Bush: "True, but you did vote with Bush 90 percent of the time. Tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthy, but almost nothing for the middle class -- same as Bush. Keep spending ten billion a month in Iraq while our own economy struggles – same as Bush."

The ad ends with McCain boasting much earlier, "I voted with the President over 90 percent of the time, higher than a lot of my even Republican colleagues."