KEY POINT: Republican former Sen. George Allen is airing a new ad that deftly fosters a false impression that his Democratic opponent, Tim Kaine, supports potential deep military spending cuts under a debt-reduction compromise.
AP: ALLEN AIRS CAMPAIGN AD ON POSSIBLE DEFENSE CUTS THAT DISTORTS KAINE'S POSITION
RICHMOND, Va. — Republican former Sen. George Allen is airing a new ad that deftly fosters a false impression that his Democratic opponent, Tim Kaine, supports potential deep military spending cuts under a debt-reduction compromise.
Allen’s new ad is rooted in Saturday’s debate between the two, when Allen attacked Kaine for supporting a bipartisan compromise last August that allowed Congress to boost the nation’s debt ceiling.
The deal provided for punitive automatic across-the-board cuts unless Congress finds alternative reductions.
Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Gov. Bob McDonnell also backed the August compromise that kept the government from defaulting on its debts for the first time and defused a global financial meltdown.
Kaine’s endorsement was only for the August stopgap. He has since advocated talks to avert $500 billion in defense cuts.
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