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Some McCain insiders have suggested that McCain expressly forbid his campaign from talking about Wright.

Well, maybe somebody should have told Sarah Palin that.

And now we find out that if McCain is going to question Obama’s past connections, the Obama camp will respond in kind.

But one of the key difference here is McCain’s past connections are tied to our last massive economic crisis.

So while Ayers, Rezko and Rev. Wright may not necessarily make voters more comfortable with Obama, my guess is that many of them have no idea that McCain was involved in the S&L crisis, so his association with Keating will be new and surprising.

While the nation faces an uncertain future, the two presidential campaigns want you to think about the past. Past associations of the candidates’, that is.

The John McCain campaign has decided to refocus on Barack Obama’s association with unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers while Obama is dredging up McCain’s involvement with Charles Keating and the infamous Keating Five scandal.

Oktoberfest weekend in Wilkes Barre, Penn., is a time for pierogies, polka and politics. It's a town that's home to a population that consists largely of white, ethnic, Catholic swing voters.

That's a demographic that Republican presidential nominee John McCain has been courting eagerly. However, a lot of voters are still undecided.

The presidential election is four weeks from tomorrow. Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama debate tomorrow in Nashville, Tenn.

NPR's Cokie Roberts talks with co-host Ari Shapiro about the latest polls which show Barack Obama has pulled ahead of John McCain in national polls and in key battleground states.

Get ready for Bill Ayers.

Get ready for Reverend Wright.

Get ready for Independents to hate this stuff.