for voters' heartstrings." The ad was criticized by Jack Torry of the Columbus Dispatch as being "not entirely fair" since McCain said he only wanted troops in Iraq for 100 more years "as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed." Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post worried that the emotions in the ad "could turn off many of those same voters who agree with MoveOn on the substance but disagree with the group on how it practices its politics." Meanwhile, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News wondered how the commercial could be taken seriously. Jon Stewart of The Daily Show "praised" MoveOn.org for "making even people who agree with you cringe". William Kristol of The New York Times commented that "The ad boldly embraces a vision of a selfish and infantilized America, suggesting that military service and sacrifice are unnecessary and deplorable relics of the past." References External links Official website of MoveOn.org Official website of AFSCME.org Video of the ad 2008 United States presidential election in popular culture Political campaign advertisements 2000s television commercials