From the Associated Press comes the news that Democratic Party ad edits McCain's response on economy:
  • The video of McCain's response is edited to exclude the remainder of his answer, where he acknowledged that "things are tough right now." This type of selective quoting has become commonplace. Obama, in criticizing McCain on the economy last week, used only a portion of a McCain answer to Bloomberg Television.

They can't score points on what McCain actually argues, so they have to take part of his answer, cut off the rest, and hope nobody notices?

You know, the funny thing is, conservatives have their gripes with McCain. We know he has flaws. It's not like we run around telling others in religious tones how we "came to" him. We could put together some pretty tough attack ads hitting him from a different angle. But from Howard Dean and Co., between this one and the "John McCain is so old" — it's giving off a whiff of desperation, isn't it? A feeling that they're throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks?

Because if using half a quote is the way they want to play it, fine. But let's never hear Obama again complain that Jeremiah Wright is being judged on "snippets" or that his words in San Francisco were "mangled."