Annenberg Institute: Obama mailer on Clinton health care plan lacks context.

An Obama mailer stretches the differences between the candidates on health care. Specifically:

• It touts measures included in Obama's plan to help low-income individuals buy insurance but fails to mention that Clinton would provide similar financial assistance.
  
  
• It says Obama's plan would save the average family $2,500 per year an estimate provided by experts at the campaign's request but doesn't say that Clinton estimates hers will save $2,200 per year.
  
  
• It also neglects to point out that Clinton's plan isn't the only one that would have an enforcement mechanism for those who failed to purchase insurance. Obama's plan, which would require that children be insured, would need one as well, though it would affect fewer persons.

The Clinton campaign objected to the mailer on grounds that its image of a middle-class white couple is reminiscent of the "Harry and Louise" TV spots that the health insurance industry used to attack the 1993 Clinton health care plan. We see the resemblance, but fail to see the relevancy. (FactCheck.org)