It turns out the campaign labeled “truly vile,” “disgraceful, dishonorable,” and “one of the sleaziest,” is actually pretty negative. In fact, John McCain’s campaign has been so negative that it has become as negative as Barack Obama’s. Here’s the Boston Globe:

While most polls show that voters believe John McCain is running a more negative campaign than Barack Obama, a new count out today suggests they are running nearly equal numbers of negative TV ads in local markets.

Nielsen Media Research says that from June 3, when the Democratic primaries ended, through Sept. 7, the most recent reporting period, the McCain campaign ran 76,238 negative ads against Obama, and the Obama campaign placed 75,246 negative commercials against McCain.

The nerve of McCain–wanting to win so badly he matched his opponent in attacks.