The John McCain campaign has suspended an aide for circulating a political attack video that splices together footage of Barack Obama, his long-time pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and historical imagery of "black power" proponents.

The YouTube video, called "Is Obama Wright?," was making the rounds on conservative blogs, before the McCain aide, identified as Soren Dayton, was punished for posting it on a personal Twitter page.

"We have been very clear on the type of campaign we intend to run and this staffer acted in violation of our policy," McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker told FOX News.

McCain has said repeatedly that he intends to run a respectful general election campaign. As the Wright controversy mounted over the course of the last week, both McCain and Hillary Clinton stayed silent on the issue.

The YouTube video in question showed snippets of incendiary Wright sermons, including one where he refers to the United States as the "U.S. of KKK-A," interspersed with clips of Obama denying being present during the controversial sermons. The video also includes a clip of Malcolm X, the rap song "Fight the Power" and segments questioning Obama's patriotism.

The Politico reported that the video was made in part by Lee Habeeb, former producer for "The Laura Ingraham Show."

Dayton posted the link at 12:31 p.m. ET Thursday with the heading "Good video on Obama and Wright" the Politico was first to report. It was later taken down.

Dayton was described to FOX News by one campaign source as a low-level political staffer. It is not clear how long the suspension will last.

Click here to see the video that led to the McCain aide's suspension.

FOX News' Mosheh Oinounou contributed to this report.