Republicans Go on Medicare Offensive>>>

from The Weekly Standard by Fred Barnes:

Republicans Go on Medicare Offensive:

President Obama and the Democrats have been ambushed. They blindly walked into the political trap Republicans set for them on Medicare.

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Moving quickly, the Romney campaign packaged that two-step response into a crisp, 30-second TV ad that began being aired yesterday. The campaign plans a large buy with the ad, particularly in swing states.

“You paid into Medicare for years,” the voiceover says. (A picture of an elderly man is on the screen.) “Every paycheck. Now when you need it, Obama has cut $716 billion from Medicare. Why? To pay for Obamacare. So now the money you paid for your guaranteed health care is going to a massive new government program that’s not for you.”