Edwards
Ad Seizes on Clinton, Obama Squabbling

John Edwards got some of his biggest applause of the debate when he slammed Clinton and Obama for their back-and-forth. It gave him the opportunity to rise above their fray, and he seized it, at the same time sticking to his campaign message of helping working-class and poor families.

A new ad using footage from Monday's debate doesn't merely stress Edwards rising above the fray; it allows him to attack both rivals with their own words.

Edwards trails Clinton and Obama in polls in South Carolina, but a survey taken in the days after the debate showed that his support in the state among white voters has grown from 28% to 40%. Obama's support among whites has fallen.

TITLE: ''Grown Up.''

LENGTH: 30 seconds.

AIRING: South Carolina.

SCRIPT: Barack Obama: ''While I was working on those streets, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-Mart.''

Hillary Rodham Clinton: ''I was fighting against those ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, Rezko, in his slum-landlord business in inner-city Chicago.''

John Edwards: ''This kind of squabbling -- how many children is this going to get health care? How many people are going to get an education from this? This is not about us personally. It is about what we are trying to do for this country.''

''I'm John Edwards, and I approve this message.''

KEY IMAGES: The ad uses footage from Monday night's debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., when his rivals' gloves came off and then features Edwards backhanding both for the spat. It ends with a still shot of Edwards giving a campaign speech as he gives his approval message in a voice-over. (AP)