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Ad for the Public Option Takes Sen. Ensign to Task

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Posted on Oct 5, 2009
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Nevada Sen. John Ensign’s recent infidelity scandal lurks in the background of an ad for the public option running in parts of his home state this week, courtesy of the progressive coalition Health Care for America Now! The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder notes that the coalition has paid $100,000 to run the ad for a week to point out Ensign’s financial entanglements with the health care industry.  —KA

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By Random Items, October 6, 2009 at 8:46 am Link to this comment
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He does have expenses. You can’t always go to mom and
dad for money.

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By JimBob, October 5, 2009 at 6:42 pm Link to this comment

Great ad!

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