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SPRINGFIELD — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama highlights Vice President Dick Cheney's support for Republican nominee John McCain in a new ad out Sunday.
The ad opens by touting Obama's recent endorsements from investor Warren Buffett and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, then cuts to video of Cheney from an event Saturday in Wyoming.
"I'm delighted to support John McCain," Cheney says. "I'm pleased that he's chosen a running mate with executive talent, toughness and common sense, our next vice president Sarah Palin."
An announcer says McCain earned Cheney's support by voting with the White House 90 percent of the time. "That's not the change we need," he says.
The praise from Cheney, who routinely has some of the lowest approval ratings of any national political figure, came as Obama argues that McCain is too closely tied to the policies of the Bush administration.
Obama's campaign said the 30-second spot would run nationally on cable channels.
McCain's campaign responded by noting the issues on which McCain disagreed with the administration.
"It was John McCain who fought Vice President Cheney on Big Oil's energy bill, the administration's wasteful spending and argued for a different, successful course in Iraq, not Barack Obama," said McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds.
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