A conservative group is running its second ad bashing Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, quickly prompting the former governor to denounce it as inherently false.

Crossroads GPS, a group co-founded by Republican strategist Karl Rove, announced Wednesday a $1.2 million ad buy targeting five key Senate races, including Virginia’s. Like the first ad that ran last year, the new spot compares Kaine’s term as Virginia governor to President Obama on budget matters.

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