Clinton says Obama health care claims are false

Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton called on rival Barack Obama to stop airing false television ads on health care.

By: Mary Couchman
Nov 30, 2007, 5:44 PM EST

Hillary Clinton wants Barack Obama stop airing his television advertisement on health care because she says it contains false promises about providing universal coverage.

Barack Obama who has been closing the gap with Clinton in key early-voting states shot back that the advertisement has been out for a month and the only thing that's changed since then is the poll numbers. Obama promises health coverage to every single American who can't afford it.

The Obama campaign says Hillary is playing absurd politics, pointing out that the ad in question is old news.

The health care ad in question first aired in Iowa and resurfaced Thursday in New Hampshire. In it, Obama talks about his mother's death from cancer and about how much she worried about her medical bills. He says his plan would "cut costs and cover everyone."

Clinton's campaign claims her plan will make it affordable by aggressively cutting costs and capping the percent of income every American would pay in health care premiums — something no other Democrat would do.

A recent poll from the American Research Group showed Obama with 27 percent support in Iowa, over Clinton with 25 percent and John Edwards with 23 percent. The opinion poll was taken from Nov. 26 to Nov. 29 of 600 likely Democratic caucus-goers. The margin of error was 4 percent.