So far off track

It is very sad that a good and honorable man, John McCain, has so lost his moral and political compass that he has turned over his campaign to discredited Bushies. Whether you agree with many of his positions or not, for a long time he at least had an honest connection to his ideas and attempted to talk about issues. To now approve an ad that attempts to connect Barack Obama to Paris Hilton is so far off track and disingenious as to border on pathetic. McCain should get back to running an honorable and respectful campaign with a serious discussion of issues. He needs to have enough confidence in his vision to attempt to win on principles and not on smear. Obama has demonstrated just such leadership and vision. He has the courage to engage in the arena of ideas and win or lose on merit and not on spin. Maybe it was too much to expect McCain to do the same and make this an election that the nation could be proud of.