Rival camps spar over choice of Washington insider as running mate

THE camps of Barack Obama and John McCain sparred yesterday over the Democrats’ choice of a longtime Washington insider as his running mate.

A new McCain ad, the second since Obama’s choice on Saturday of fellow Senator Joe Biden, questions the motives of Obama in passing over his former chief rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, and settling on someone who fared far worse in the primaries.

Obama chief strategist David Axelrod insisted Biden was “a better fit”.