With the Obama campaign sending out surrogates and spokesman to make the case that Barack Obama's ties to William Ayers are not important, it worth remembering that less than six weeks ago the Obama campaign sent out an email claiming that ties to Ayers were important. In what remains the funniest campaign email distributed this cycle, the Obama campaign sent out a Huffington Post article laying out supposed "ties between Republicans and Bill Ayers." Of course, there were no significant ties at all. Remember this now as the Obama campaign downplays the relevance of ties to Ayers. They were relevant six weeks ago. More here.