AFL to go up with anti-McCain ad in six states, form Vets group [View All]

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AFL to go up with anti-McCain ad in six states, form Vets group

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The AFL-CIO will go up on the air tomorrow in Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin with an ad featuring a Vietnam veteran criticizing John McCain on issues related to the Iraq war, veterans and the economy.

A source at the labor federation would only call the buy "significant," saying it would last three weeks.

The new ad is being released in conjuction with the formation of an AFL-CIO Veterans Council. John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, will launch the new group tomorrow in Dayton, Ohio, along with Building & Construction Trades Council Mark Ayers (like McCain, a former Navy aviator) and Jim Wasser, the union member who is featured in the ad. Wasser has also been featured in an AFL mailer and served on a Swift Boat in Vietnam with John Kerry.

There are 2.1 million union veterans and active-duty personnel.