Respect or Politics? McCain Asks North Carolina Republicans To Halt Negative Ad About Obama

• The following is a video of a television ad that the North Carolina Republican Party plans to air starting next Monday:

• John McCain has asked the North Carolina GOP not to run the ad telling reporters "I'm sending them an e-mail as we speak asking them to take it down. I don't know why they do it. Obviously, I don't control them. But I'm making it very clear that there's no place for that."
• Reuters reports that RNC Chairman Mike Duncan also tried to call the chair of the North Carolina GOP to request that the ad be withdrawn.
• Click here for a link to the transcript of the ad from the North Carolina Republican Party.

Sources:

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2330234120080423

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/04/mccain-asks-nc.html