Obama's lies

Above the fold on the front page today the NY Times has a story with the following headline:

Dubious Claims in Obama’s Ads Against McCain, Despite Vow of Truth

Unfortunately, when you read the article, you find out that some of Obama's ads are almost as egregiously dishonest as those McCain ads we've been complaining about. "McCain has always stood against stem cell research." Not true. "McCain and Rush Limbaugh stand together to block immigration reform." Not true, even if maybe at times they come out to the highway from the same side street. etc., etc.

What I don't understand is why, with such a wealth of real stuff to go after McCain for, the Obama camp feels it has to tell lies instead. Jeese, why can't we have better politicians?