Now that McCain's campaign consists of one prolonged assault on Barack Obama's character, it's high time for the Obama campaign to return fire.

And it really isn't that hard.  There's a compelling, even tragic narrative to John McCain's political career that is qutie easy to grasp.  Put simply, McCain has turned into the very thing he condemned in his maverick days -- indeed, the very thing he purports to condemn now.

Seriously, McCain has caved on every issue on which he built his maverick reputation, all in the pursuit of blind political ambition.  My friends, that's not putting country first.

Campaign finance reform?  He's run away from that.
Bush tax cuts?  He voted against them, now wants to make them permanent.
Abortion? In 2000, he said he didn't want Roe overturned,  Now he's reversed himself.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform.  He'd vote against his own bill today.
Global Warming?  He's opposed to the bi-partisan energy bill.

Once a maverick, not just a typical flip flopping politcian pandering to extremist elements in his own party.  The POW who bravely endured torture at the hand of his Viet Cong captors is now too scared to take on the right wing. 

My friends, that's not putting country first.

Just imagine the add you could put together: McCain the Maverick versus McCain the craven politician.  All in his own words.

But let's get even more personal.  Like Barack Obama today, McCain was once the victim of a viscious smear campaign.  But instead of sticking to his principles, instead of fighting the good fight.  McCain surrendered to the politics of personal destruction.  The VERY SAME PEOPLE who were responsible for viscious attacks on his family ARE NOW ON THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN PAYROLL.

Seriously, what does it say about a man's character that he would employ the very same smear merchants who went after his family?  

Isn't it time for Barack to say something along the lines of this:  "I'll leave it to John McCain to defend his hiring decisions.  All I can tell you is this.  I love my wife and I love my kids to much to ever employ anyone who tried to smear my family."