We have dueling ads from the campaigns squaring off on free trade.

Obama’s campaign vows to create tax breaks for companies that create jobs here rather than sending them elsewhere and to take away breaks for companies that do that. And while hugging apparent cafeteria ladies, we’re told he’ll “never forget the dignity that comes from work.”

McCain, on the other hand, paints this as an immigration issue: We have to create jobs not only for Americans but for “our neighbors to the south” so more of them can stay home. “We can’t go back on our word for free-trade promises.”