VIDEO: McCaskill Calls Attacks “Sad” 

The debate before yesterday’s debate centered around a television ad that was being run by U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill’s campaign and featuring a young veteran telling how difficult it was for him to receive medical care after he returned home from Iraq.

The “Josh” ad, as it has become known, featured Kansas City native Josh Lansdale, a former medic that was wounded while serving in Iraq. The ad was pulled from the air after Landale’s story could not be verified by a Kansas City television station.

“This isn’t about the veteran, it’s about the credibility of Claire McCaskill’s television ads,” said Jim Talent’s Senior Advisor Lloyd Smith. “McCaskill can not prove the ad is true. McCaskill can settle this right now by providing the media with the veteran’s appointment schedule as verified by the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Kansas City.”

“I think it’s a really sad moment,” McCaskill said on the matter last night. “Sen. Talent has sent men and women to die for us over there. And they’ve been injured. They don’t mind going to fight for us, but I don’t think they expected to be attacked when they get home.”