Subject: [big campaign] Firefighters Running New Health Care Ad
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:10:45 -0700 (PDT)
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For Immediate Release					Contact: Bill Glanz
October 21,
2008
202 824-1566
 
202 329-5856 (cell)

In New Television Ad, Fire Fighters Union Hammers McCain for Ludicrous
Health Care Proposals

Media campaign to include television, Internet and direct mail pieces

Washington, DC – Fire fighters are taking aim at Senator John McCain
with a new television ad.

The 30-second ad criticizes McCain for his misguided proposal to tax
health care and threaten employer-sponsored health care. The ad will
begin appearing today in six battleground states – Florida, Missouri,
New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.

“Voters need to know that John McCain’s unprecedented plan to tax
health care is one of the most unenlightened ideas ever cooked up in
Washington. This isn’t the revolutionary proposal of a maverick
politician. It’s the half-baked plan of someone who’s out of touch,
and it threatens working families,” International Association of Fire
Fighters General President Harold A. Schaitberger said.

Additional versions of the ad that will also appear in New Hampshire
and North Carolina, where close Senate races are being held, link
Senator John Sununu and Senator Elizabeth Dole to McCain. The IAFF
also will send campaign mail to thousands of households in New
Hampshire and North Carolina that mirrors the television ads.

Fire fighters believe McCain is unable to resolve the nation’s health
care crisis. In June, a survey of IAFF members found that 81 percent
believed health care was a significant issue in this election, but 62
percent said they were less likely to vote for McCain because of his
position on health care.

The IAFF television ads, Internet campaign and mail pieces will target
voters in key regions within each of the six battleground states
identified. The IAFF is participating in labor’s overall voter
mobilization program and conducting a comprehensive get-out-the-vote
effort among its members in additional battleground states.

“In the final two weeks before Election Day, we hope our ads reinforce
the message that McCain’s health care plan makes fire fighters and
working Americans sick,” Schaitberger said.

View the ad on www.youtube.com here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlHrS9o2vS4

DVD and Beta versions of the spots are available by calling the
contact.

The International Association of Fire Fighters, headquartered in
Washington, DC, represents more than 292,000 full-time professional
fire fighters and paramedics who protect 85 percent of the nation’s
population. More information is available at www.iaff.org and
www.firefightersforobama.org
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