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Last week, GreyMike wrote about a mailer that went out across the state from the American Action Network thanking Congressmen Bass and Guinta for "protecting" Medicare.
The mailer is one of the most deceptive pieces of campaign literature I've ever seen. It accuses President Obama of "trying to radically change the Medicare Prescription Drug Program with Medicaid-style price controls." Meanwhile, Guinta is praised for joining a "bi-partisan effort to block President Obama from balancing the budget on the backs of seniors with these drastic changes to Medicare."
ThinkProgress addresses the deceptive allegations:
The Medicaid Part D changes are a reference to Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D-CA) proposal (and Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s (D-WV) companion Senate bill) to extend Medicaid drug rebates to dual eligibles — beneficiaries who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. ... CBO estimates that if drug manufacturers provided the Medicare Part D program with the same prices that Medicaid receives, the government could save $112 billion over 10 years.
At his town hall in Greenland last week, state Rep. Rich DiPentima questioned Guinta about the mailer and the proposed legislation. Political Correction, a Media Matters project, found Guinta's response "interesting."
What is interesting about all this is Guinta's reaction to the mailer at the town hall where he denied knowing anything about the mailer and denied even knowing what the American Action Network is.
Considering the American Action Network spent over $26 million in the 2010 election cycle, and almost $1 million in New Hampshire alone, it's surprising that Guinta would be "not familiar" with the group. Either Guinta is woefully uninformed about political groups playing in his district or he is trying to distance himself from a conservative group that has a history of deceptive advertising.