McCain points up difference with Obama

DEFIANCE, Ohio, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain assailed his Democratic rival Thursday, saying he was untested in foreign policy and wrong on domestic issues.

"We face many challenges here at home and many enemies abroad in this dangerous world," McCain told a rally at Defiance, Ohio, saying Obama has not been tested in an international crisis. "We know Senator Obama won't have the right response to that test, because we've seen the wrong response from him over and over during this campaign."

On domestic matters, the Illinois senator was a tax-and-spend liberal, McCain said.

"We have a clear difference, Senator Obama and I do," the Arizona senator said. "He wants to raise your taxes. Raising taxes makes a bad economy much worse."

Obama believes in "redistributing wealth and income, not in policies that grow our economy and create jobs," McCain said.

McCain urged the audience to "(fight) to get our economy out of the ditch and back in the lead. ... Fight for justice and opportunity for all. Stand up to defend our country from its enemies."