71.   McCain has announced unilaterally that he will no longer run negative ads and the decision seems cathartic, lightening his mood.

72.   McCain withdrew that ad and called on Bush to withdraw all his negative ads.

73.   Millions and millions and millions and millions and millions and millions of negative ads.

74.   Money propelled Steve Forbes into this race, but the excess of it led him to flood the airwaves with negative ads that turned people off.

75.   McCain had pulled his negative ads, saying he thought the tenor of the race had gone too far.

76.   McCain has also been the subject of negative ads by independent groups.

77.   Minnick has since announced he was pulling all negative ads.

78.   Money plays a role, but the really bad thing is the negative ads.

79.   Naturally, the Democrats will fire back with their own negative ads.

80.   Murphy notes that Forbes and Gramm are already locked in a war of negative ads over the tax issue.