AFSCME’s latest television ad is literally a tear-jerker:

All of the statements begin with, “If you ever had to see” and tell tales of those who could not get health care. Somehow, I suspect there’s room for a response ad:

If you’ve ever had to see health-care treatment options taken away by an unaccountable review board . . . If you’ve ever had to see billions in cost savings fail to materialize . . . If you’ve ever seen doctors accused of extracting tonsils unnecessarily out of greed because a president doesn’t know what he’s talking about . . . If you’ve ever seen Congress tax health benefits, after the president spent $44 million on attack ads denouncing his opponent for suggesting it . . . If you’ve ever had to see millionaires flee to tax havens to avoid a special tax on them . . . If you’ve ever had to see no one mention liability reform because the party in power relies on donations from trial lawyers . . .