Karl Rove said this morning that John McCain's attacks against Barack Obama have stretched the truth.



Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Rove said McCain had "gone one step too far, and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the 100 percent truth test.”



McCain has come in for scathing criticism from many in the media and independent fact-check organizations for his recent hard-edged campaign tactics. But few Republicans, and none as prominent as Rove, have criticized McCain.



The former political adviser to President Bush didn't confine his critique to McCain, though.



"Both campaigns are making a mistake, and that is they are taking whatever their attacks are and going one step too far," he said. "They don't need to attack each other in this way."



On a new Obama ad released late last week, Rove said it was a fair point to call McCain "a longtime Washington insider.”



“But they then say he doesn't … send e-mail. Well, this is because his war injuries keep him from being able to use a keyboard. He can't type. You know, it's like saying he can't do jumping jacks."

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