What Makes An Ad Harsh  Just what do we mean when we call a
campaign ad "negative" or "harsh" or even "brutal"? That
question is raised by an ad released today by the pro-Obama
super PAC Priorities USA, hitting Mitt Romney about a steel
plant that Bain Capital closed in Kansas City. In the ad, Joe
Soptic, a worker at the plant, tells how when he and his fellow
workers lost their jobs, they also lost their health insurance.
His wife got sick, but because they had no insurance she didn't
see a doctor until it was too late, and she died of cancer three
weeks after finally being diagnosed. While he doesn't actually
say "Mitt Romney killed my wife," he ends the ad by saying, "I
do not think that Mitt Romney realizes what he's done to anyone.
And furthermore, I do not think Mitt Romney is concerned." Let's
take a look, then we'll break it down:  The first question is
whether it's accurate. Is Romney responsible for what happened
to this company? Although its eventual bankruptcy happened after
Romney left Bain, the