Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) has received considerable political heat for his blatant 60th vote deal on the Senate health care bill (see here).  Nelson received a hundred million dollars in political favors for Nebraska in exchange for his vote and was then surprised by the backlash from voters.

So he took to the airways with a commercial defending his vote:

“With all the distortions about health-care reform, I want you to hear directly from me.”  said Nelson.

Grace-Marie Turner fact checks the ad at NRO Online:

"Senator Nelson says that the bill 'protects Medicare.'  Even though they are being told otherwise, seniors would pay a high price for reform. The Senate bill would reduce Medicare spending by $471 billion over the coming decade. Rather than reinvesting that money to improve and modernize the program, the money instead would be diverted to create a new entitlement program to subsidize health insurance for working Americans."