Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) is going further in linking himself to President Obama in a new radio ad supporting his re-election.
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell flags this new radio ad in Massachusetts in which Brown, in his own voice, talks up his bipartisan initiatives and the pride he felt in attending a signing ceremony at the White House in which Obama signed a vets' jobs bill that Brown had authored.
"Standing with President Obama on the day he signed it into law was another one of those great experiences," Brown says in the ad. "Whatever else may separate us, we are Americans first. To me, that means we need to work together now."
First Read has written in the past about Brown's efforts to embrace Obama as he seeks a full Senate term in deep-blue Massachusetts. His attendance of the signing ceremony referenced in the ad, along with another signing to ban insider trading on Capitol Hill, was seen as part of an effort to further that linkage in the mind of voters.
Brown — who voted for Massachusetts’ health care reform law, which was signed into law by then-Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006 — has previously expressed support for the provision that allows young adults to stay on their parents’ plan. But Warren spokeswoman Alethea Harney hit back at Brown’s comments, saying that the senator’s determination to repeal Obama’s health care law makes him a hypocrite.
“Republican Sen. Scott Brown has gone Washington,” Harney said in a statement. “He says he likes being able to keep his daughter on the family health insurance plan; what he doesn’t say is that he voted to stop other parents from doing the same.”
She added, “Brown’s still promising to repeal the very reforms that allow him and the parents of 2.5 million other young adults to keep their kids covered. It’s not right. Scott Brown spells health care: H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y.”
A provision in the Affordable Care Act — one of Obama’s signature first-term accomplishments — allows young adults to stay under their parents’ health care plan through the age of 26. According to the Obama administration, some 2.5 million young adults have received health insurance coverage through their parents’ plan since the federal law was enacted.
Ayla Brown, the elder of Brown’s two daughters, is a former “American Idol” contestant and has been the Philadelphia 76ers’ national anthem singer for the 2012 season. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the Brown campaign had paid Ambient Entertainment, which represents the aspiring musician, to perform at the senator’s campaign events.
NBC's Kelly O'Donnell flags this new radio ad in Massachusetts in which Brown, in his own voice, talks up his bipartisan initiatives and the pride he felt in attending a signing ceremony at the White House in which Obama signed a vets' jobs bill that Brown had authored.
"Standing with President Obama on the day he signed it into law was another one of those great experiences," Brown says in the ad. "Whatever else may separate us, we are Americans first. To me, that means we need to work together now."
First Read has written in the past about Brown's efforts to embrace Obama as he seeks a full Senate term in deep-blue Massachusetts. His attendance of the signing ceremony referenced in the ad, along with another signing to ban insider trading on Capitol Hill, was seen as part of an effort to further that linkage in the mind of voters.
Brown — who voted for Massachusetts’ health care reform law, which was signed into law by then-Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006 — has previously expressed support for the provision that allows young adults to stay on their parents’ plan. But Warren spokeswoman Alethea Harney hit back at Brown’s comments, saying that the senator’s determination to repeal Obama’s health care law makes him a hypocrite.
“Republican Sen. Scott Brown has gone Washington,” Harney said in a statement. “He says he likes being able to keep his daughter on the family health insurance plan; what he doesn’t say is that he voted to stop other parents from doing the same.”
She added, “Brown’s still promising to repeal the very reforms that allow him and the parents of 2.5 million other young adults to keep their kids covered. It’s not right. Scott Brown spells health care: H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y.”
A provision in the Affordable Care Act — one of Obama’s signature first-term accomplishments — allows young adults to stay under their parents’ health care plan through the age of 26. According to the Obama administration, some 2.5 million young adults have received health insurance coverage through their parents’ plan since the federal law was enacted.
Ayla Brown, the elder of Brown’s two daughters, is a former “American Idol” contestant and has been the Philadelphia 76ers’ national anthem singer for the 2012 season. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the Brown campaign had paid Ambient Entertainment, which represents the aspiring musician, to perform at the senator’s campaign events.
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