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Grassley is the ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee, putting him in a powerful position to shape any bill put forward to remake the country’s ailing health care system. It also puts him in the crosshairs of interest groups pushing for passage of a bill that includes a government-run insurance option, something Grassley has vowed to oppose.

MoveOn.org Civic Action has released a new TV ad that it says will begin airing in Iowa tomorrow.  The ad, which satirizes opponents of a public health insurance option, is said to be targeted at Iowa because of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)’s role in the impending health care debate.

The full MoveOn.org press release is [...]

A network of Iowa Republicans is playing a leading role in a secretive group advocating nationally on behalf of “conservative and free market ideals” in congressional races around the country. Among the group’s leaders are two media consultants who played key roles in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads in 2004 and the Willie Horton ad in 1988, both of which helped defeat Democratic presidential candidates.

[Commentary] First MoveOn’s “General Betray Us” ad, and now Rush Limbaugh’s “phony soldiers” remark. When I heard Rush Limbaugh had called Iraq veterans who favor a withdrawal from Iraq “phony soldiers,” all I could think was, here we go again, another bait-and-switch by the GOP distraction machine.

Despite their intention to up the ante on meaningful [...]