For the record, the Republican in the Democratic hopeful's ad is a McCain supporter.
==By Monique Garcia
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 27, 2007
SPRINGFIELD -- Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson said Tuesday that Sen. Kirk Dillard should explain to fellow Republicans in the legislature why he appeared in an Iowa TV ad touting Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
Watson said he was disappointed that Dillard, the former chair of the DuPage County GOP organization, agreed to the ad for Obama, who once represented a Chicago district in the state Senate. He called on Dillard, a Senate Republican whip from Hinsdale, to "address why he did this and the ramifications of it" in a meeting with the Senate GOP lawmakers Wednesday.==
==Dillard contended the ad, in which he speaks of the bipartisan cooperation exhibited by Obama in the Illinois Senate, is "not that big of a deal," and actually helps Republicans.
"The bigger message being sent is that we know how to cooperate, and the current crop of Democrats needs to have an infusion of Republican input because it's just gridlock and economic chaos coming out of Springfield," said Dillard, a supporter of GOP presidential contender John McCain of Arizona.==
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