McCain's Christmas Story
Let there be no doubt: There is a cross in John McCain's Christmas ad. (Some have suggested Mike Huckabee's holiday ad had a subtly placed cross in the background of his holiday message.) McCain's Christmas ad follows similar messages from several other candidates.
McCain tells a story about spending Christmas as a Vietnam POW. Arguably the most personal ad of the several holiday ads so far.
-- Ed O'Keefe
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December 23, 2007; 12:05 PM ET
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Call me a skeptic, but a part of me wonders if this ever happened, since this is the umpteenth ad drawing attention to McCain's time as a POW. Even if the cross in the dirt did happen, was it really in as quixotic a context as the music sets.