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Begich campaign ad in Alaska touts his participation in passing Obamacare. Okay, NOW we're talking!

Courtesy of MSNBC:

“I was lucky I beat cancer, but the insurance companies still denied me health insurance just because of a pre-existing condition,” Keller says in the ad. “I now have health insurance again because of Mark Begich. Because he fought the insurance companies, so that we no longer have to.”

For those who believe the conventional wisdom, an ad like this is simply madness. Why would Begich’s allies remind red-state voters about his role in bringing affordable health care and consumer protections to Alaskans?

Maybe because the broader conversation is undergoing a long-overdue shift. As an electoral matter, Democrats will own the increasingly successful health care law whether they brag or hide, so they might as well start reminding the public about why this was a good idea – and why they’re proud to have championed reforms that benefit Americans like Alaska’s Lisa Keller.

Is it weird that watching this ad made my nipples erect?

I actually did a little dance of joy around my office after seeing it.

For those of you who are consistent visitors here at IM, you know I have been suggesting that the Democrats do something like this for months.

Instead of running from the Affordable Care Act they need to pimp their participation in getting it passed in every campaign ad, interview, and debate between now and November.

And right after that, they need to call out their Republican opponents for advocating against the law, or actively trying to stop or repeal it as well.

In Alaska Mark Begich should have campaign commercials that list the number of Alaskans that have been helped by the ACA and then a list of the number of Alaskans still without insurance due to Governor Parnell not expanding Medicaid in our state.

If I were Begich I would be slapping the shit out of the Republicans for attempting to kill Alaskans by denying them coverage at every opportunity.

He needs to go big and shut these Republicans down hard. And I think he can.

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