“The voters have yet to fully consider Ayers and Wright, but will get that chance shortly.”
Why do you believe that? Wright was all over television earlier this year and Clinton raised the Ayers thing prominently. What do you think voters missed?
Real Clear Politics current has McCain at a net favorability of +11 and Obama at +20. McCain’s favorability has been driven by his reputation for being beyond “politics as usual.” If a strongly negative campaign hurts that, it may cost McCain more than it costs Obama.
But, maybe you’re right. Maybe it will work. My opinion is that it’s a bad idea. Unfortunately, it may be the only idea that John McCain has.