Attacking by saying "I'm taking the high road", is not actually taking the high road (note the lack of quotes). It is rather an ad hominem attack, attacking the merits of the campaign rather than of one's political platform (this is not literally ad homminem which really mean s in argumentation saying things about the argumenter rather than the ... More @Wikipedia
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