Nelson (D-Ne) responds to ads

Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

Sen. Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat who has been under fire for being a less-than-enthusiastic backer of the Obama administration's health care reform plans, has launched an ad campaign to counter criticism.

Nelson's 30-second television ad in Nebraska comes less than two weeks after another ad began running in the state calling for him to support the Democratic-backed plan. That ad was produced by Democracy for America founded by former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

Those groups have run ads in other markets, too, like Washington, D.C., and one in Montana targeting Democratic Sen. Max Baucus.

In the groups' Nebraska ad, restaurant owner Mike Snider of Ralston, Neb., asks Nelson not to delay health care reform.


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20090811/NEWS01/708119871

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Both ads are here on Act Blue: http://www.actblue.com/page/stayatwork?refcode=e_weektwo_signers

Costs are an issue, but I'd like to see Democrats focus above all on how people will be getting better care.

that hits him with the Truth.