I’m all for negative ads when they are contrast issue ads. I think we need those. People need to pay attention to what the candidates stand for and those ads can help that along. But this is not that kind of ad: Democracy for America has an ad that focuses on John McCain’s cancer. Do we really need cancer ads? Next the Obama campaign will issue an ad complaining about the fact McCain doesn’t use computers easily, as a wounded war vet.

Oh yeah, I guess cancer was the next logical step.