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(CNN) – Days after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched a pair of campaign ads in anticipation of a potentially difficult reelection bid, the Nevada Democrat is taking heat in his home state from liberal activists upset over the likelihood that the final Senate health care bill will not include a public option. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal political action committee with the express goal of electing progressive candidates to federal office, is launching a new ad in Nevada this week that asks, “Is Harry Reid strong enough?” The 30-second commercial features a longtime Nevada nurse, Lee Slaughter, whose health care is refusing to pay for complications dealing with broken hips. “I…voted for Senator Harry Reid many times,” Slaughter says. “But in 2010, I’ll only be voting on one issue. I’m watching to see if Harry Reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law.” The ad will begin running Wednesday in the Las Vegas media market on broadcast and cable. The group, which boasts a membership of 225,000, is hoping to raise $100,000 to keep the commercial on the air. The group’s recent ad taking aim at Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Montana, raised over $230,000.