(Updated Again) Ensign Calls on Dems to Return MoveOn Funds

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This statement released by Nevada senator John Ensign:

“Today, ostensibly on behalf of National Democrats, Democrat front group MoveOn.org is calling a unanimously confirmed United States General a liar and betrayer of the public trust. Apparently the prospect of campaign funds is enough of an incentive for Senate Democrats to stand idly by while a respected General is maligned before he has even presented his report to Congress. “If Senate Democrats are serious about moving our country forward, they will denounce this outrageous ad and return the campaign funds MoveOn.org has lavished on them as well as the donations made through MoveOn.org — the choice is theirs.”

We won’t hold our breadth, but it’d be nice if at least one Democrat would step forward to condemn the group’s personal attack on Petraeus. Update: I’m pleasantly surprised. Harry Reid has condemned the MoveOn ads:

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