New Obama Ad On The Money (Literally and Figuratively)

The Obama campaign has unveiled a new ad that hammers McCain on the economy and Iraq, linking the two of them together and mentioning the $79 Billion surplus the Iraqi government currently has.

I’m pretty happy with it, especially because I’ve blogged about this idea in the past.

My take from a week ago:

The campaign seems to be arguing that because the surge has worked, our national foreign policy over the last 7 years — which McCain actively promoted and endorsed again and again on television — has been, in his own words “worth it.”

So why not ask the American people if the surge has made the Iraq War worth it?  The lives, the dangerous world we now live in — and especially the economic costs.  Run an ad on the latest news that the Iraqi government will have a $79 Billion surplus and yet we’re funding the reconstruction — but yet, McCain says the war has been “worth it” for the American taxpayers.  How out of touch is that?

Here’s the new ad, that does a good job of introducing this narrative: