From the Salt Lake Tribune:

“Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, and his brother-in-law attempted to prove last week that former terrorist William Ayers ghostwrote Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s autobiography by asking a British professor to study the alleged link. Cannon says the allegation intrigues him but that he didn’t set out to unjustly vilify the Democratic presidential candidate days before voters go to the polls.

"I think that it’s clear, absolutely clear that Obama has minimized his relationship with a guy who is a terrorist and Marxist, and did I go out and try to prove that [he wrote Obama's autobiography] in the last week of the election?" Cannon asked Sunday. "Hey, if someone can come up with evidence, that would be interesting."

The Oxford professor, Peter Millican, meanwhile, says a quick analysis shows that it is highly improbable that Ayers helped write Obama’s book, "Dreams From My Father."