CAF In The News

afp.google.com — A US liberal group Friday released an advertisement that rails on Republican White House nominee John McCain for backing a US Air Force decision to award a huge contract to Europe's Airbus.

"A message of thanks to John McCain from the French people," says the video ad, which is in French with English subtitles and was issued by the Campaign for America's Future, a self-described "progressive" think tank.

weblogs.baltimoresun.com — Sometimes, the pursuit of political partisanship carries a sheer entertainment value.

Such is the case with this political committee that is none too happy about Sen. John McCain supporting a military contract that takes a lucrative flying fuel-tanker contract away from Boeing and hands it to a French consortium that includes the Airbus aircraft.

blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com — In a new tongue-in-cheek video ad, Campaign for America's Future uses Sen. John McCain's ties to the Air Force tanker contract awarded to a group that includes European jetmaker Airbus over The Boeing Co. to attack the presumptive Republican nominee.

The video zeroes in on the contract's foreign ties, painting a caricature of a senator more loyal to France's economy than America's without much context. But thus is politics. You be the judge.

washingtonpost.com — Monica Hesse of The Washington Post features the Campaign for America's Future Youtube video, "Toxic Toys: A Poisonous Affair," calling for Nancy Nord's ouster.

latimes.com — The Associated Press writes on the Campaign for America's Future YouTube video using Barbie and Ken to call for the removal of Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord.