(Springfield, MO) -- You may have noticed your phone ringing more than usual over the last 24 hours. The McCain campaign and Republican National Committee began calling voters in swing states this week, including here in Missouri.

Several people called the KOLR/KSFX newsroom immediately after receiving one of those automated phone calls. They say they're used to attack ads on television, but not when these attacks come right into their home through the phone lines.

As a small business owner, Ken Elliott answers his own phones. Typically it's someone looking for car, but when Elliot picked up Thursday, he says he was shocked. He had just become one of the many Missourians targeted by a campaign-related robocall.

That recording states: "Hello, I'm calling for John McCain and the RNC, because you need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, who's organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home, and killed Americans. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgement to lead our country. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee."

Elliot says he was so turned off by the negative tone of the phone call, that he made his own call.

Elliott says, "So I called that number back, and I told them they were a bunch of liars, and not to call back."

The McCain campaign confirmed Friday it is behind these calls. Campaign spokesperson Wendy Riemann tells KOLR/KSFX, "The reality is, everything in the call is backed up by facts," and that the campaign stands by the phone calls.

Elliot says he's an independent voter, just looking to get by. He'd rather hear how the next president will help him get health insurance. That's something he still can't afford.

Elliott adds, "We need to hear about what your plan is, instead of bad mouthing or talking bad about somebody else."