In election news, the McCain campaign issued a new ad Monday proclaiming John McCain and Sarah Palin to be political mavericks.

John McCain Ad: “The original mavericks. He fights pork-barrel spending. She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. He took on the drug industry. She took on Big Oil. He battled Republicans and reformed Washington. She battled Republicans and reformed Alaska. They’ll make history. They’ll change Washington. McCain-Palin. Real change.”

The Obama campaign followed suit with a response ad.

Barack Obama Ad: “They call themselves mavericks. Whoa. Truth is, they’re anything but. John McCain is hardly a maverick, when seven of his top campaign advisers are Washington lobbyists. He’s no maverick when he votes with Bush 90 percent of the time. And Sarah Palin’s no maverick, either. She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records? You don’t call that maverick. You call it more of the same.”