Over the weekend, the Republican National Committee launched their 10-day, $3 million campaign to tout John McCain’s energy policy with this ad:

“Record gas prices, a climate in crisis. John McCain says solve it now,” says the ad. “With a balanced plan — alternative energy, conservation, suspending the gas tax and more production here at home. He’s pushing his own party to face climate change.”

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It goes on to hit Barack Obama for not supporting McCain’s “gas-tax holiday” plan or his calls for more nuclear power and offshore drilling. The ads will run in four key swing states through July 15: Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

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