Oh please guys ... quit being so naive.
1) It is Presidential politics. It is going to be ugly and negative no matter what.
2) CONGRESSMEN do not release Presidential politics ads. Those came directly from the Bush team.
3) McCain may (or may not) have been the first choice. But the intent of these ads was clearly to take a swipe at Edwards, otherwise the content would have ONLY been McCain saying "Bush is great". They also included the line about "I was the first choice."
I see the ad not as an attack ad, but a positive ad with a dark and understated edge. It does not slam Edwards one bit, but does subtly say McCain was the first choice and he is endorsing Bush.
The Congressmen released a statement slamming Bush, not a commercial. Keep your facts straight.
The McCain ad ... I called it a swipe, not a slam. I distinguish between the 2.
The Congressmen thing ... I was under the impression you were claiming that McCain had created the ad, not the Bush team.
