Candidates fight it out in swing states

John McCain was in Miami Friday and was ahead in the polls in this red state until last month. 

Now he trails by six points. 

He was fiery Friday, accusing Barack Obama of promoting welfare.

“His plan gives away your tax dollars to those who don’t pay taxes. That’s not a tax cut, that’s welfare,“ said McCain.

Health care is a big issue in Florida and in McCain’s new ad blitz, Obama claims McCain’s plan will take money from Medicare.

“Requiring cuts in benefits, eligibility, or both.  John McCain taxing Health Benefits, cutting Medicare. Health care shouldn’t be some kind of either-or tradeoff where our seniors get left out in the cold.  It ain’t right,“ said Obama.

The democrat was in Virginia, another republican state where he has a six-point lead in the polls. 

But Obama’s warning backers not to get cocky.

“We’ve got to keep fighting for every vote; (cheers) we’ve got to keep running through the finish line.  This election is too important—we can’t take anything for granted,“ urged Obama.

The FBI is investigating alleged voter registration fraud in Ohio, by The Acorn, an organization the McCain Palin campaign links to Obama.

“And John and I are calling on the Obama campaign to release communications it has had with this group and to do so immediately,“ said Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin and John McCain both focusing on Barack Obama, but so far the attacks have not worked.