McCain trying hard to get away from Bush

John McCain’s efforts to distance himself from President Bush appear to be making some progress, the Washington Post reported. Among independents, 54 percent now see him as offering a new direction. That’s up from 44 percent before the third presidential debate, when McCain declared that “I am not George Bush.” McCain has been airing a campaign commercial in which he looks into the camera and says, “The last eight years haven’t worked very well, have they?”