Obama ad "slams McCain on abortion rights"

A not-so-surprising move, even though the Obama campaign is denying a causal connection between pro-life Sarah Palin's selection and these new pro-abortion ads:

Barack Obama has launched a broadside against John McCain’s opposition to abortion rights and moved one of the most divisive issues in modern American politics to the airwaves on a large scale for the first time in this presidential campaign.

Obama’s new radio ad, airing widely in at least seven swing states, tells voters McCain “will make abortion illegal.” It’s airing as McCain courts female voters with the addition of the staunchly anti-abortion governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, to his ticket. (Politico)

This is a sadly typical scare tactic used against women voters when an election starts to get heated. It is, however, very interesting to see Obama bringing up the abortion issue himself. Previously the topic has been somewhat of an embarrassment for him because of his well-known extreme views on the issue

Obama appears to campaign in a careful, planned manner, therefore it would not surprise me that because of his decision to not select Hillary as his running mate (and before it was known that McCain would pick Sarah Palin), he is now attempting to re-attract Hillary supporters by reminding them that the democratic party remains the party for abortion-on-demand.

So much for all that talk we've been hearing from certain front groups about the democratic party moderating their position on abortion to attract values voters.