In a strained attempt to portray Democratic Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama as a puppet of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the National Republican Congressional Committee makes an interesting claim: "Bobby Bright voted with Nancy Pelosi over 70 percent of the time." That’s entirely true, but context is everything: Bright’s low score ranks him next to last in party loyalty.
The ad, which first aired Sept. 12, is one of several released by the NRCC this week that use Pelosi as a foil.
A new National Republican Congressional Committee ad falsely claims that Rep. Bobby Bright, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, "is supporting" President Obama’s health care legislation. He’s not. The fact is, Bright was one of the few Democrats who voted against it, and he favors changing certain aspects that he calls "deeply flawed."
Bright was strongly opposed to the law and said he was "disappointed" and "saddened" by its passage:
Bright, March 22: I voted against the health care reform bill because our country cannot afford its massive cost,