Hehe.  You gotta hand it to them for taking the punt.  

Maybe you guys should make it a rule never to devote any attention to either candidates ads unless and until they appear on paid media somewhere.  These "ads" are so damn easy to produce--it would have taken an 18-year-old with a Mac about 5 minutes to throw together the clip you showed--that the campaigns can just float as many as they can pump out on the web and see what gets traction, as well as free media attention.

The Logic-Lite point of the clip is that Obama's a follower not a leader.  Un-huh.  

"themselves don't qualify Obama from service"

I think you meant "disqualify Obama"

McCain's ad makes perfect sense if you accept that John McCain is a two-faced hypocrite. He is more than happy to talk the talk in favor of bipartisanship; but when it comes to shared praise, or acknowledging that the other person is correct, or has a legitimate argument, all of which are paramount in bipartisan relationships, John McCain refuses to walk the walk. Instead, John McCain in this ad, argues that Barack Obama is not ready to lead because he agrees with John McCain on some points and issues. And since acknowledging common grounds and purposes is paramount to bipartisan relationships, one is left to make less-than-savory conclusions regarding the intentions of John McCain in regards to working in a bipartisan fashion which are at odds with the statements  he has made indicating his intent to do so.

I also think this ad shows poor judgement on the part of John McCain; if you are going to try to make an argument like this, you need to show that person as actually exhibiting characteristics of being a bad leader. At the very least, one should not show that person exhibiting good leadership qualities of bipartisanship, cooperation, and acknowledging when there is agreement on a subject.

What would possess John McCain to argue that exhibiting good leadership qualities makes one a bad leader? I think the answer is that McCain does not view these qualities as good leadership traits. Admittedly, I have been in the tank for Obama for about 16 months now, but I would like to think that this commercial would send me running if I had not already realized the truths expressed here from similar incidents in the past.

I actually agree with the McCain campaign on this one; anyone who supports multiple McCain policies is not ready to lead.

It was a wise move for him to hold off on attaching the "I'm John McCain and I approve this message" rider