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McCain's brother blasts campaign strategy -- baltimoresun.com
*Sits back* Ahh, I love the smell of GOP chaos in the morning.
WASHINGTON - Frustrations inside John McCain's camp boiled over on the eve of Wednesday night's presidential debate as the candidate's brother unleashed an e-mail blasting the campaign's "counter-productive" strategy.
"Let John McCain be John McCain," wrote Joe McCain in a missive sent out shortly before midnight Monday. "Make ads that show John not as crank and curmudgeon but as a great leader for his time."
McCain's younger brother was sharply critical of unnamed top campaign officials who "so tightly 'control the message'" that they are preventing reporters from speaking with those, like himself, who know the candidate best. His complaint echoed those of other McCain intimates who have chafed for months at orders not to speak with the news media without advance permission from the campaign.
McCain campaign aides have said the Republican is likely to raise questions about Obama's associations with an early supporter, Bill Ayers, a former 1960s radical, and convicted Chicago businessman Tony Rezko, who helped Obama purchase land adjacent to his home.
Wednesday night "is one of McCain's last shots," said Reed.
*Sits back* Ahh, I love the smell of GOP chaos in the morning.