The Bold Progressives (aka PCCC) have taken the health care fight to the home states of conservacrats Ben Nelson and Max Baucus and Republican swinger Olympia Snowe. Now the group is going after the man himself with a new public-option pressure ad.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee wants to run the ad below at least 200 times in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid already has a tough fight on his hands. — PZS

Bold Progressives:

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