Liberal group goes after Obama in new ad

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee says the Senate health bill isn't "change we can believe in"

Published December 23, 2009 4:48PM (EST)

With liberals getting progressively more upset with President Obama, it was only a matter of time before someone started running ads about it. One group, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, is doing just that, hitting him for earlier statements he'd made about healthcare reform: Specifically, promising a public option and opposing a mandate that would force people to buy insurance. 

The ad's going to be running in Washington, D.C., as well as in Wisconsin -- the latter is an attempt to change liberal Sen. Russ Feingold's vote, Sam Stein reports. Notably, it goes right at the heart of Obama's appeal during the presidential campaign, saying at the end, "A bill without a public option is not change we can believe in."


By Alex Koppelman

Alex Koppelman is a staff writer for Salon.

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