2 TV stations pull ad about Sestak for falsehoods

From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:

Two Pittsburgh-area television stations have yanked a U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad blasting Democratic Senate nominee Joe Sestak’s House voting record as liberal after his campaign complained that the spot was inaccurate…

The commercial, an independent expenditure by the business lobby, says Sestak “voted with Nancy Pelosi 100 percent of the time” and voted for a “government takeover of health care.”

Both statements are false, Sestak campaign lawyer Jared G. Solomon wrote in a letter to 14 TV stations around the state – though none in the Philadelphia area – airing the ad, which began running Monday…

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