Democrats will do anything to win this election. When you think they have reached a new low - they go even lower. The New York Times is reporting that Democrat supporters of Barack Obama will begin running an ad on Obama TV (MSNBC) that suggests John McCain can't survive a full term as President because of the skin cancer he has had in the past.

Of course, millions of Americans have had skin cancer and lived many, many years after successful treatment. Since the Democrats seem so concerned about the health of the candidates, I think it's time for someone to ask what the odds are of long-time smoker Barack Obama having heart disease, lung cancer, etc. over the next 4-8 years. With the genes in McCain's family (his mother is going strong at 96), I would bet on McCain being every bit as healthy as Obama over the next 8 years.

Two liberal groups – one of them directed by a brother of the Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean – will begin running a graphic attack advertisement Thursday morning raising questions about Senator John McCain’s health. Showing vivid and unflattering images of the fresh scar that appeared on Senator McCain’s face immediately after his last operation for melanoma skin cancer eight years ago, the commercial ends with a screen headline that reads, “Why won’t John McCain release his medical records?” (Mr. McCain, 72, did invite a limited group of reporters to inspect more than 1,100 pages of his medical records in May, though he gave them only a three-hour window in which to review the documents.)

The commercial is among the harshest to run against Mr. McCain yet, seeking to exploit the sensitive issues of health and age. Officials with the groups running the ad, Brave New PAC and Democracy for America, said they were only showing the spot initially on MSNBC over the next few days, a limited run intended to draw news media attention on a network that has increasingly catered to liberal tastes.

Officials at the groups, both of which are political action committees that rely on individual donors, said they hoped to show the spot on stations in battleground states in the coming weeks as well. But it is unclear if individual stations will accept the spot: Leighton Akio Woodhouse, a spokesman for Brave New PAC, said late Wednesday that CNN declined to accept the commercial after reviewing its contents this week.

The ad comes from the same two groups that recently released an advertisement questioning whether Mr. McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam adversely affected his ability to lead.

Democracy for America has as its chairman Howard Dean’s brother, James H. Dean. Federal rules prohibit coordination between outside groups and campaigns or parties.