Obama camp releases post-debate attack ad

By Alex Koppelman

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 10:28 EDT

Barack Obama's campaign is already out with a new ad that uses footage from Tuesday night's debate to hit John McCain on his healthcare plan.

The spot, titled "Taketh," replays a snippet of McCain talking about the plan, saying, "I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit." Then it repeats Obama's response from the debate: "He says that he's going to give you a $5,000 tax credit. What he doesn't tell you is that he's going to tax your employer-based healthcare benefits, for the first time ever ... so what one hand giveth, the other hand taketh away."

― Alex Koppelman

Posted in: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain

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