Bill Ayers has been convicted of nothing. McCain, by comparison, has clear ties to a terrorist fundraiser who has now been convicted, Carl H. Lindner Jr. Another is G. Gordon Liddy: "Radio talk show host and convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy is much more notorious terrorist than William Ayers. He says that he admires Adolf Hitler. He served more than four years in prison for his role in the Watergate break-in and the Daniel Ellsberg case. He has admitted that he plotted to murder journalist Jack Anderson; plotted to murder fellow Republican operative E. Howard Hunt; and plotted to firebomb the Brookings Institution. Liddy also reportedly gave advice on how to shoot agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and reportedly admitted to naming shooting targets after the Clintons. He held a fund-raiser for McCain in 1998, and has donated at least $5,000 to McCain's campaigns since then. McCain has praised and repeatedly associated with Liddy in public and in campaign settings." I could go on, but notice the pattern of being associated with people who are convicted. As well, McCain has never denounced these people.