The National Jewish Democratic Council’s latest ad is its first of the election season to go negative on John McCain.

Headlined “Energy independence? McCain’s ties to Big Oil keep up dependent on Middle East Oil,” the advertisement criticizes the Republican nominee for promising to give tax breaks to oil companies and collecting campaign contributions from executives and employees of oil and gas firms. And it points out that McCain has voted against – or missed votes on – legislation promoting renewable energy. Here’s the ad.