The Democrat National Committee (DNC) just got their hand caught in the cookie jar!  For the past several days, both the DNC and the White House have been claiming that key republican figures have been supporting their health care reform proposals.  This may be true for the likes of Governor Schwarzenegger and a few others, but to include former presidential candidate Bob Dole in the same group of people was over the top.

In another attempt by the Democrats to create an illusion of bipartisan support for their health care proposal, they again crossed the line from misleading to false claims.  Just because Dole, like many other Republicans, continue to push for bipartisan health care reform, it does not mean that the support is for the Democrats proposed legislation.

While Dole has pushed for bipartisan reform, a spokesman for the former presidential candidate told the Times that the ad was “deceptive” because it strongly suggested Dole was supporting Democrats’ health care legislation. “That is patently false,” spokesman Michael Marshall said.

The DNC has decided to remove the ad.

Read the full story in The New York Times