Washington, DC - A new television ad focused on the fact John McCain would be "fine" keeping our troops in Iraq for 100 years will begin airing in Colorado and nationally this week, the Democratic National Committee announced this weekend. The ad features Senator McCain telling a town hall audience that despite the long war having cost our country $500 billion and 4,000 lives, staying in Iraq for 100 years "would be fine with me." The ad ends with the question all Coloradans must ask themselves when they go to the ballot box this November: "If all he offers is more of the same...is John McCain the right choice for America's future?"

Entitled "100," the ad is the second major television ad of the general election and gives voters the chance to see and hear John McCain in his own words promoting a continuation of the Bush Administration's open-ended commitment in Iraq. In addition to airing in Colorado on cable, the ad will be used at organizing events across Colorado as the Colorado Democratic Party moves field efforts forward.

To date, 56 Coloradans have died serving in Iraq while 489 have been wounded. [http://icasualties.org/oif/USCasualtiesByState.aspx] While just 31 percent of Americans approve of President Bush's handling of the war, McCain continues to be one of the most vocal supporters of the President's failed strategy there, and has promised four more years of the same. With the fifth anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech Thursday, the ad and McCain's own words will remind voters of how wrong Bush and McCain have been on the war every step of the way. [Associated Press, , 4/10/08]

The ad, the second of the general election, follows another ad that showed John McCain in his own words arguing that Americans are "better off" today than they were eight years ago.

"John McCain is wrong on Iraq, and is the wrong choice for Colorado's future," said Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak. "The American people don't want four more years of the same failed policy in Iraq that continues to cost Colorado's taxpayers $12 billion a month, and that have led to the death of 56 Coloradans who served honorably in Iraq. Coloradans want new leadership that gets our troops safely out of Iraq, and refocuses on the real threats to America's security, including the still-at-large Osama Bin Laden and his Al Quaeda terrorist group."

To view the ad click on the link below:

http://www.democrats.org/a/2008/04/dnc_ad_on_mccai.php