Democrats Attack G.O.P. in TV Ads on Medicare Bill

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By CARL HULSE

ASHINGTON, July 11 — Fearful of losing ground to Republicans on the potent issue of Medicare, House Democrats today began broadcasting television commercials attacking Republican lawmakers around the country for their support of the House-passed plan to create a new prescription drug benefit.

Democrats, who have long considered the health plan for the elderly one of their signature programs, say they are so determined to protect their legacy that they have taken the step of starting an advertising campaign more than a year before Election Day and even before the final version of the legislation has cleared the House and Senate.

The commercials will be broadcast in eight Congressional districts in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Hampshire and New Mexico. They feature an older actress wringing her hands over the plan.

The advertisements criticize Republican lawmakers for backing an approach to Medicare that Democrats say would steer those covered by the federal health program into private plans and leave holes in protection from high drug costs.

more...http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/12/national/12DRUG.html

The targeted Repukes are:
Mike Rogers (AL, not MI)
Bob Beauprez (CO-redistricting?)
E. Clay Shaw (FL)
Max Burns (GA-BBV)
Sam Graves (MO)
Heather Wilson (NM-redistricting?)
Steve Pearce (NM-redistricting?)
Charles Bass (NH)

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1. About time!

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