Quick quiz. Who said this in 2002?

"I’d never seen anything like that ad. Putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield — it’s worse than disgraceful. It’s reprehensible."

That would be one Senator John McCain, lambasting Saxby Chambliss for the ads he ran against Max Cleland.

And yet, today:

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will campaign for U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Chambliss’s campaign has confirmed.

Chambliss is locked in a tight runoff with Democrat Jim Martin that will be decided Dec. 2. The post-election race has attracted national attention as Democrats attempt to get a 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority in the upper chamber and Republicans try to prevent it.

Meanwhile, he might not be alone according to Cillizza:

Expect [Sarah] Palin to make some appearances in key races — maybe as soon as this month for Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his Georgia runoff — to show her drawing power and popularity among grassroots Republicans.

The GOP wants this one, bad. The NRSC has begun to run ads attacking Jim Martin.

Support the Martin campaign here.