McCain Pulls Ahead

  Based on a new poll released today, John McCain has opened up a five-point lead among likely voters over Barack Obama.

  McCain has 46 percent and Obama 41 percent, according to the Reuters/Zogby poll. The survey also said McCain has a nine-point lead among likely voters who were asked which candidate would be the better manager of the economy.

  Quote: The reversal follows a month of attacks by McCain, who has questioned Obama's experience, criticized his opposition to most new offshore oil drilling and mocked his overseas trip.

The poll was taken Thursday through Saturday as Obama wrapped up a weeklong vacation in Hawaii that ceded the political spotlight to McCain, who seized on Russia's invasion of Georgia to emphasize his foreign policy views.