DAYTON, Ohio — On Sunday, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the Democrat who has held a U.S. Senate seat in Ohio since 2007, was at a canvassing kick-off on North Ludlow Street telling Democratic supporters at a campaign field office that his reelection campaign was all about his support for workers and “reproductive rights.”

Never mind that reproductive rights are not at risk in Ohio, as that decision was made overwhelmingly by Ohio voters last November in a ballot referendum that amended their state constitution to guarantee the right to abortion and other reproductive “rights.”