Video: Americans United for Change hits Bachmann on health vote

As we reported Sunday night, Americans United for Change will be airing a commercial criticizing Rep. Michele Bachmann for her no vote on health care reform Sunday night. The spot, which airs Tuesday in the Twin Cities media market with a media buy of more than $100,000, targets the Sixth District Republican for voting “against giving you the same insurance choices she gets.”

Touting the historic nature of the Mar. 21 vote, the group’s acting director Tom McMahon said, “And just like Social Security or Medicare or civil rights, those like Congresswoman Bachmann who voted to protect the status quo will find themselves on the wrong side of history.” He continued:

Michele Bachmann made a different kind of history by voting to deny giving Minnesotans access to the same kind of insurance she enjoys very much as members of Congress. If it’s good enough for her, shouldn’t it be good enough for the people of Minnesota? Congresswoman Bachmann seems very proud of herself for voting to protect the profits of insurance companies that see absolutely nothing wrong with raising premiums as high as 75 percent. She’s patting herself on the back for siding with the big insurance companies over her constituents that have gone bankrupt after they got seriously ill and soon found their coverage rescinded. Bachmann seems awful proud to have stood up for an industry that considers domestic violence or having had a C-section to be “pre-existing conditions.” And remarkably, Congresswoman Bachmann, who is pro-life, chose to ignore the 45,000 Americans that die each year because they don’t have insurance and can’t get the care they need.”

Watch the ad: