Stung by the economy, bit by bit over the past week, McCain has been slipping behind in the polls. Today begins the last phase of the campaign, the phase in which Republicans excel. When things get tough, conservative Republicans just make stuff up. Today's claims that Obama pals around with terrorists would be laughable, except a lot of people believe this kind of stuff. Sure the media is knocking the story down, but they will repeat it over and over and over.