Posted by Lambchop
The Obama campaign hits a new low with an ad, claiming that Romney laid off a worker which caused his wife to die because she lacked insurance.
Turns out it is all a complete fabrication:
CNN Reporter Brianna Keilar (with Wolf Blitzer) set the record straight calling the story "heartwrenching," but "inaccurate":
1999 Romney on Leave of Absence from Bain Capital to Run Olympics
2001 Joe Soptic loses his job when Bain closes the plant. His wife still has insurance, though, through her employer, Saver’s thrift store.
2002 Romney permanently leaves Bain.
2002, or perhaps 2003, Soptic’s wife leaves her job because of an injury and is uninsured.
in 2006, she goes to the hospital is diagnosed with cancer and dies just days later.
This is a despicable misrepresentation of a bitter man, Mr. Soptic, being used to re-elect an incompetent boob who could not possibly get re-elected without trashing his opponent with one lie after the other.
Oh and by the way - the Obamacare solution to this? Tax the Soptics for not having insurance and have the IRS lean on them to collect the money.
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