Actress LINDSAY LOHAN has become the centre of a political tug-of-war between U.S. presidential hopefuls JOHN McCAIN and BARACK OBAMA.Obama reportedly rejected an offer from Lohan - who, by her own admission, is a reformed drug and alcohol addict - to host a campaign fundraiser in an effort to rally support for his candidacy among young voters.A source tells the Chicago-Sun Times the Democrat’s camp declined Lohan’s offer because she "is not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us".And McCain has challenged his opponent’s judgement, with a spokesperson telling celebrity website TMZ.com: "So let me get this straight - they turned away Lindsay Lohan, but Barack Obama has friends like unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers and convicted felon Tony Rezko? Maybe LiLo is just too upstanding for Barack Obama." Lohan recently slammed McCain’s running-mate, vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, when she took to her MySpace.com blog and challenged her on her take on gay rights.Lohan says, "I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin. Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have a child out of wedlock? "Is our country so divided that the Republicans’ best hope is a narrow minded, media obsessed homophobe? "Women have come a long way in the fight to have the choice over what we do with our bodies… and it’s frightening to see that a woman in 2008 would negate all of that."
