McCain Releases Own "3 a.m. Phone Call" TV Spot

The now-famous “3 a.m. phone call" political TV spot has come full circle.

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/26/2008 3:52:00 AM

The now-famous “3 a.m.phone call political TV spot has come full circle.

 First there was the Hillary Clinton ad, in which  a voiceover asks who you want to be answering the phone at 3 a.m. in the White House when there is a crisis. The answer, Hillary Clinton.

 There followed a raft of spoofs of the Clinton ad, like this one.

Now, John McCain has launched his own TV spot--currently on YouTube--in which he uses Clinton's criticisms of Obama to suggest that McCain should be the one on the other end of the line.

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