The AFL-CIO is dropping brochures in 1 million mailboxes in seven key states, attacking Republican Sen. John McCain's plan to tax employer provided health care benefits and portraying him as clueless about the strugles of ordinary working Americans.
"McCain's rich," says an Ohio union worker pictured on the front of the flyer. "He's never had to sit at a bargaining table and choose between a $0.50 an hour raise and decent health care benefits."
In addition to Ohio, the piece is on its way to union households in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado and Virginia. The message will be reinforced in the four midwestern states with phone calls, work-site visits and door-knocking this weekend, the AFL-CIO says.
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