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Perhaps the RNC & Citizen McCain have information that these sorts of ads actually HELP Obama, rather than hurt him. This is, after all, precisely the fundamental theme of Obama's book & his message: We (the USA) cannot adequately address or even begin to solve the monumental challenges we face UNLESS we rid ourselves of the failed politics of the past (i.e. this very mudslinging mentality...aka 'gotcha games') and become willing to CHANGE OUR POLITICS. Let's hear it now...

YES...WE CAN!!

We are the ones we've been waiting for!!

We are the change that we seek!!!

A typical white person, deathly AFRAID of a President with darker skin than their own, is NOT going to vote for Obama whether they've seen the Rev. Wright's sermon-bites or not. And the A-typical white person is so tolerant, consciousness-raised, hip, cool & in-tune...so Democratic...Independent...and Progressive...that such ads do not sway them at all...they're already voting for Obama because they truly believe HE'S RIGHT...we must change our politics.

Thus, the ads do NOT further the objectives of the RNC or Citizen McCain...so it's best to condemn them...just in case Obama is the Dem nominee...AND ardent, conservative Republicans may not vote for Citizen McCain at all...on purely conservative principles.

Perhaps the RNC & Citizen McCain have information that these sorts of ads actually HELP Obama, rather than hurt him.

Come on, man. Don't be so naive. Get a little cynical for crying out loud. These are politicians we're talking about. Of course they know this ad hurts Obama, and privately they're loving it. However, sometimes there can be blowback from an ad like this, and that's why they're publicly denouncing it. But no matter what they say, the ad will run and do its damage, and that's the important thing.