**Good grief. What part of "I want this to pass" means he's against the bill? I think all that viagra has gone to his brain. No. The other one.

There is no need to use the Republicans in ads against their party - let their statements sand alone. You can't expect future Republican support on Dem issues if the first thing you do is put them in an ad against their party. It was cheap what the DNC did.

As was shown above, they cherry picked parts of the full quote to use, which is shady.

It's not like they said he was in favor of "death panels" Get a spine and keep the add up. Next time my that geezer will keep his mouth shut.

While I tend to agree with not "backing down" any time a Republican complains, in this case, the quote was rather severely trimmed of its context and should be pulled.

In any case, we need neither exhume fossils, nor validate ANYTHING progressives are trying to do by indicating Republican approval. Who gives a rat's ass WHAT a Republican "thinks". In fact, they've proven over a lot of years that they don't.

He DOES suggest the undead in that picture, though. Dole has been ignorant and wrong virtually his entire political life. Let him quietly fade away into the oblivion he richly deserves. We do not neeed him.

Perhaps noting that Dole doesn't agree with everything but still wants a bill to pass because "we need to do something" would be just as effective. I don't think anyone would expect Dole to support Obama on everything, but apparently he would prefer an imperfect (to him) solution since the reality is that the Democrats are in control and the bill he would like to see isn't going to happen. Congressional Republicans won't vote for a bill that isn't theirs, which is fair enough, but Dole's full quote illustrates that the minority party should be open to compromise rather than becoming, in effect, defenders of the status quo.

Also, while the cropped quote is technically accurate, it's clear that the cropped part was omitted in order to give the impression that Dole was more supportive of the specifics of Obama's plan than he actually is. It's better to just be straightforward about what kind of support some GOPers are offering, rather than making it seem that you have to be deceitful to argue that there is bipartisan support for a Democratic bill outside of Congress. This is especially true because, if framed the right way, the fact that Dole doesn't support everything in such a bill doesn't have to weaken the significance of his endorsement. Dole still might balk at being used in a DNC ad, but if they didn't crop the quote he wouldn't have a legitimate complaint that they were misleading people about what his views are.

This country is a joke.

We are parsing words as to not hurt someones feelings so that we can continue to make billions on the misfortune of American citizens.

Seriously, this is beyond absurd.

Hell, I don't agree with everything the President wants to do, and I am a yellow-dog Dem. So how is the edit at all deceptive?

The meaning of the quote was not altered.

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!!

FOR JOHN MCCAIN!!!!

This is so stupid.

What did the DNC expect? Dole said he didn't a gree with everything but wanted something to pass. Well, Cantor probably disagrees with lots in the bill but wants something to pass, to.

It's a story that wasn't even a story before the DNC inserted itself. Bob Dole indicated that he wanted some form of health reform to pass. That's a nice piece of information. It doesn't belong, however, in an advertisement for Obama's health reform.

Bill Frist has also backed away from his initial support. It seems a better ad for the DNC to run right now would be one asking why Republicans like Bob Dole and Bill Frist talk about their support for healthcare reform, then back away the second it hits the news media. Talk is cheap, GOPers.

So, I'm really questioning their support for healthcare reform [/snark]. Ya know, if people like Bob Dole and Bill Frist can't support healthcare reform, then In the words of Rep. Grayson, GET OUT OF THE WAY.

I don't think this ad is deceptive in any way. I've seen the commercial and the only thing I got out of it is that Senator Dole supports healthcare reform. I just assume that he is not going to agree with all aspects of what Democrats want.

The fact that he supports it at all says a lot, as his party (The Party of NO) supports the status quo.