McCain Aide Suspended For Release Of Link To Obama Video

March 21, 2008 8:46 a.m. EST

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A low-level aide of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was suspended from the campaign for sending out a link to a two-minute video of interspersed images and messages of Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama and his spiritual mentor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

McCain's camp did not indicate how long the aide Soren Dayton will be suspended. The aide sent out a link to a video on YouTube titled "Is Obama Wright" juxtaposing excerpts of Obama's speeches and comments and sermons of the reverend.

Dayton is a graduate of the University of Chicago, he previously worked as an aide for Rep. Nick Smith, and will not likely rejoin the campaign with the same position, McCain aides say, according to McClatchy Newspapers.