TV ads by 'GOP pressuring Walz, Peterson on health care'

[Eric J in MN]

http://www.startribune.com/local/52969277.html?page=1&c=y

Minnesota's Republican Party cranked up the pressure today on two of the state's Democratic congressmen as part of the GOP's broad attempt to derail the Obama administration's health care reform plan.

The party will begin airing a television ad in the districts of Reps. Tim Walz and Collin Peterson, asking their constituents to call the representatives and register their opposition to the overhaul.

The party in Minnesota and nationwide is trying to rally opposition to "the government takeover of our health care system," said Tony Sutton, the state party's chairman.

The Democratic-sponsored bills pending in Congress "would put Washington bureaucrats between patients and their doctors," Sutton said.

If you live in their districts, please ask them to support a public option with Medicare rates.

Or single-payer.