In desperation, McCain is now using the same robo-call people who smeared him eight years ago in North Carolina with racist lies, giving Bush a critical win. Last week, Keith Olbermann gave an impassioned (even for him) 'special comment', calling on McCain to stop the hate-fueling demagoguery. A clip is embedded below. This was quite a moment in television history, with a prime news anchor calling on a presidential candidate to suspend his campaign only weeks before the election.