[NPInfo] I know it is a political year but

Fri Sep 5 20:59:49 PDT 2008

Is this good for NPs? Or if it was a PA, PAs?
Better to have us as spokespeople for adequate care, lower pharma  
prices and patient advocates. I am not sure where I stand?

New Obama Radio Ad Says McCain Would Make Abortions Illegal

04 Sep 2008

The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama  
(Ill.) recently released a radio advertisement in at least seven swing  
states saying that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain  
(Ariz.) would make abortions illegal, The Politicoreports.

The ad plays a clip from NBC's "Meet the Press" during which McCain  
says that he favors a "constitutional amendment to ban all abortions."  
The ad says, "We can't let John McCain take away our right to choose,"  
adding, "We can't let him take us back." The ad also features a nurse- 
practitioner who says, "If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the lives and  
health of women will be put at risk. That's why this election is so  
important." The nurse-practitioner adds, "John McCain is out of touch  
with women today. McCain wants to take away our right to choose.  
That's what women need to understand. That's how high the stakes are."

According to The Politico, the Obama campaign did not release where it  
is running the ad, but people have reported hearing it in Colorado,  
Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. The Obama  
campaign has sought to appeal to women largely through economic  
messages, but some women's rights groups have pointed out that polling  
has shown many women who support McCain think he supports abortion  
rights even though he has long advocated for a ban on abortions except  
in cases of rape, incest and when women's lives are in jeopardy.

McCain campaign aides did not respond to questions about the ad, but  
Republican Party communications director Danny Diaz said Obama "has  
offered misleading statements on the issue and is now trying to  
confuse voters by attacking Senator McCain." Obama spokesperson Bill  
Burton said that the ad, which was sent to radio stations Thursday, is  
a "straightforward ad about the very well-documented fact that  
[McCain] wants to overturnRoe v. Wade and supports a constitutional  
ban on abortions" (Smith, The Politico, 9/2).

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