Americans United for Change is part of the growing Democratic effort to tie Republican presidential candidate John McCain to President Bush with the launch of their national “Bush Legacy Bus Tour” next Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

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The “Bush Legacy Bus” during construction. The Democratic group Americans United For Change is launching a national bus tour to define the Bush legacy.

The bus (view a slideshow of its construction here is a “museum on wheels dedicated to chronicling the disastrous legacy of President Bush and the conservative policies he and his allies have pursued.” The McCain tie-in is featured on the bus, where his picture is displayed in an exhibit on the war in Iraq.

The bus hits the road June 24, and is scheduled to make about 150 stops between now and Election Day, said Brad Woodhouse, the group’s president. The bus is scheduled to travel to some 41 states, and Woodhouse estimates that as many as half the stops will be parking the bus outside the house of Republican House and Senate members.

“This bus is not about bashing Bush, it is about holding him and everyone in Congress, including McCain, who voted for his agenda 90% of the time or more accountable for the war, the economy, the health care mess, etc.,” Woodhouse said.

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky can expect a bus visit shortly after the D.C. launch. It will also appear at the party conventions in late summer, as well as swings through New Orleans and Crawford, Texas.