Vote Vets to Air Anti-McCain Ad on GI Bill

The AP is reporting that Vote Vets will be running new anti-McCain ads that highlight his opposition to the new GI Bill:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and their allies are ready to convert Sen. John McCain's stance on college aid for military veterans into a presidential campaign cause.

McCain, the all-but-nominated Republican presidential candidate, opposes a Democratic-backed bill that would significantly expand the breadth of education benefits for veterans, first adopted for those returning from World War II. Democrats want the proposal included in a war spending bill the Senate is scheduled to vote on this week.

Sen. Barack Obama, McCain's most likely general election opponent, already has raised objections to McCain's resistance. And on Tuesday, a veterans' group that has been critical of the war in Iraq is launching an ad in Washington to pressure McCain to change his mind.

By taking issue with McCain on the subject of veterans, Democrats hope to weaken one of his biggest assets — his personal biography as a former Navy pilot who became a prisoner of the North Vietnamese and endured torture at the hands of his captors.

Here's the ad:

You can read more about it on the VoteVets website. Lots of people are stepping up to rebrand McCain. Brave New Films is hitting McCain hard on Youtube. The DNC just launched the McCainpedia, and a few days ago Chris Bowers picked up on a point I've been making: McCain's savvy use of broadcast and cultural media (at least for a conservative). The campaign to redefine McCain is well underway.