When Hillary’s 3am phone call ad came out, I — and others — suggested it made more sense as an ad for John McCain. Turns out that was truer than we knew. Here’s an ad some McCain support uploaded to YouTube 3 months ago. Same premise, far more effective.

The primary legacy of Clinton’s ad may be making it harder for McCain to re-release this one a couple months from now, as the media will mock him for biting Clinton’s failed scripts.

(Kudos to Buzzflash for the find.)

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.