McConnell's 4th entry into Hall of Shame

This came out today from the DSCC:

When Republican Mitch McConnell approved his latest campaign ad, he sank to a new low.

We’re awarding McConnell an unprecedented fourth spot in our Hall of Shame for his disgusting decision to rip a World War II veteran’s comments out of context and twist them into a false political attack.

Adolfo Piña, a Navy veteran who served his country in World War II, says his words were wrongly used by Mitch McConnell’s campaign in ads attacking the care at Valor Healthcare clinics. Piña appears in McConnell ads that criticize Valor Healthcare, a company that contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide cutting edge medical care to nearly 60,000 veterans across the country.

But Piña, who fought with the Navy in the Pacific, including several major battles in the Philippines, has high praise for Valor.

“Valor clinic is doing very good for me here in Texas City,” Piña says. “They’re doing a good job by taking care of our needs, they’re taking very good care of my needs and I’m just one of the thousands of veterans of World War II. The McConnell people interviewed me and took my words out of context. And I don’t appreciate that. They did exactly what I told them not to do.”

And it’s not even the first time McConnell has been busted for tricking the people who appear in his campaign ads:

Two of three University of Louisville physicians who made videotaped statements of support for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell last year say they didn't realize their comments would be part of a television ad for the senator's re-election campaign.

And the third says that he wouldn't have agreed to the taping had he known it would appear on McConnell's campaign Web site.

The Louisville Courier-Journal described this kind of campaign philosophy as: "Say anything you like. By the time the truth catches up with you, who cares?” And it’s clear that McConnell doesn’t care about anything except getting re-elected. This latest episode is especially shameful, even by the low standard McConnell has set for himself.