Obama Ad Attacks McCain on Yucca Mountain

[ruggerson]

Ad at link: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/obama-ad-attacks-mccain-on-yucca-mountain/

Senator Barack Obama might be passing his days on the volcanic islands of Hawaii, but his staff back home is focusing on another mountain: Yucca. On Saturday, the campaign released a new television spot about the potential storage site for nuclear waste, which, according to the release, will hit airwaves in Las Vegas and Reno on Monday.

The ad cites Senator John McCain’s support for storing nuclear waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, then shows an interview clip of Mr. McCain saying he would not be comfortable with nuclear waste traveling through Arizona, and specifically Phoenix, on the way to the storage site.

“John McCain. For nuclear waste in Nevada, just not in his back yard,” the announcer says. “Barack Obama. Opposes Opening Yucca. He’ll protect our families.”

The timing of the spot is intended to coincide with Mr. McCain’s campaign visit to Nevada this weekend. He speaks at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Las Vegas Saturday.

[quantass]

1. Lol! The video clip of McCain is priceless.

[FrenchieCat]

2. I was wondering just the other day, when McCain was talking about 45 new Nuke Plants

if he realized that he was going to lose Nevada because of this.

[ruggerson]

3. Watch the ad with the sound off

it's visually quite good.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. try it here:

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=lX-ed4_Km2Q

[jwirr]

4. That's hitting him in his own back yard. Waste is my biggest reason

for being against new nuke plants.

[kristyt]

6. Great Ad nt