Virginia: Biden to campaign for Deeds, and McCain for McDonnell

McCain, a Republican U.S. senator from Arizona, will help rally veterans to support Bob McDonnell at an Oct. 17 rally in Hampton Roads, which has a large population of veterans.

Former Notre Dame football coach and ESPN broadcaster Lou Holtz will be the guest of honor at a McDonnell event Oct. 26 at the Willow Oaks Country Club in Richmond. McDonnell is an alumnus of Notre Dame.

In yesterday's campaigning, Democrats hammered McDonnell for what they said was a transportation plan that would take money away from education.

(...) McDonnell, a former state attorney general, has said he will not raise taxes to pay for transportation and will take transportation funding out of the general fund, which goes to education, public safety and social services. Deeds, a state senator from Bath County, says the McDonnell plan would drain $540 million from education over 10 years.

But McDonnell says his transportation plan would use only new general fund money from revenue growth and not existing money that currently is going to education.

Deeds has not ruled out raising taxes to pay for transportation improvements.