Gwen Allen's op-ed in the BDN and PPH

[sandyd921]

"Dear Editor,
Susan Collins' recent ad comparing her attendance record with that of my father, Congressman Tom Allen, is misleading and is offensive to me and my family. My father has voted in Congress more than 7,500 times and has never been away from Washington when his vote would have changed the outcome. He has an excellent 98% attendance record in Congress. Besides being a Congressman, my father is a human being with a strong sense of family. He was away from Washington when his parents were dying; when I got married; and when my mother needed him during her breast cancer treatments this year."

http://www.turnmaineblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1991

So, all Susan Collins has is to attack Tom Allen on missing a vote when he needed to be there for
his sick wife or when his parents were dying?! I am dumbstruck!