>To be fair, they are not endorsed by John McCain and McCain has publicly asked them to stop running the ads but they are back. They are sponsored and created by the National Republican Trust PAC. I just saw one here in NC on CNN.

It's hard to believe McCain couldn't get them to stop running the ads if he really wanted to.

According to realclearpolitics.com, McCain has taken a small lead in NC. He has also taken the lead in Missouri and cut into Obama's lead in Florida. They are still projecting a comfortable win for Obama, though. I don't care, I'm still nervous.