When we ran an article yesterday calling the first TV spot from The National Republican Trust PAC one of the sleaziest false ads we've seen, the group had reported spending just under $1 million. But it seems that the attack, which featured Mohammed Atta, may have helped the upstart group strike gold: In an Oct. 29 fundraising e-mail NRT PAC claims to have raised more than $3 million.
Planned Parenthood is distributing a mailer in Ohio that criticizes Sen. John McCain's health care plan. But it uses a bogus figure on what McCain's plan would do to Ohioans' taxes.
Talking Points Memo reports that the AFL-CIO is sending this flyer to retirees in Indiana, North Carolina and more traditional swing states.