…by John McCain on Meet The Press this morning, though he didn’t press it home–he only mentioned the name in passing, and didn’t point out the connection, apparently assuming that most viewers would get it.

Bernie Sanders is an avowed socialist (I’m not sure about the Senate, but as a member of the House he ran as one, but caucused with the Democrats). McCain pointed out that the number one, two and three senators listed as the most liberal are Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. How far are his votes or views from Barack Obama and Joe Biden?

A suggested McCain campaign ad: “Barack Obama, despite his statement to Joe the Plumber that the wealth should be “spread around,” complains when he is therefore called a socialist. But his brief Senate voting record is to the left of that of Bernie Sanders, who proudly calls himself a socialist. So what does that make Barack Obama?”

He did something else that was good. He pointed out that Michigan is a poster child for the kinds of policies that will result from an Obama/Pelosi/Reid regime. High taxes, more power to unions, big-spending Dems in charge, and the state has (in many cases literally) gone south.

Put together an ad describing Michigan’s straits and the causes, and point out that this is what the OPR regime has planned for the entire country. It would even help him in Michigan.