McCain’s Veep – a Mysterious TV Ad Announcement?

Political Intelligence has updated its post today on McCain’s Veep Pick with a hint of a mystery that might be revealed during Obama’s speech this evening.

‘“UPDATE: The McCain campaign is hyping a mysterious TV ad – ‘exciting and unprecedented,’ it says -- that is to air tonight around the time Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination. So there's speculation that McCain might even use that venue to announce his pick.

‘“Senator McCain is going to speak direct to camera to Barack Obama. I’m not going to give away many more details than that. But suffice to say it’s going to be a very exciting ad, and I think it’s going to get a lot of attention,’ communications director Jill Hazelbaker said on MSNBC today.

‘“Pressed for more details, Hazelbaker responded, ‘Well, I'm going to keep a lid on it. But I think it's newsworthy to note that Senator McCain is going to have an ad that's going to air in battleground states around the time that Senator Obama is speaking tonight. And he’s going to be talking directly to his opponent. So, I'm going to leave it there, but it's going be very exciting and a lot of people are going to focus on it.”’