In which I propose a:30 commercial

To run in Florida and other states with a sizable senior population:

Against a backdrop of footage of John McCain calling for Social Security to be privatized, then footage of him angrily denying it, followed by him saying that the very way Social Security is structured is "a disgrace," the announcer intones: On the very same day that John McCain called the most successful, popular, and effective government safety net for the elderly "a disgrace," he couldn't take time from campaigning to return to Washington to vote on the Medicare bill. A bill his fellow Republicans oppose and President Bush has vowed to veto. A bill that (visual of a frail but resolute Ted Kennedy loudly voting 'Aye') blocks cuts in payments to the doctors who care for millions of older Americans. Cuts that might have led your doctor to stop accepting Medicare patients. Sen. Kennedy was there voting in favor of your doctor. Sen. Obama was there voting, "aye." Where was Sen. McCain? Doesn't he care?

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