August 26, 2010 10:26AM 

# Mr. President, Tear Down That Andy Griffith Ad 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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The Obama administration spent your tax dollars on a pro-[ObamaCare](https://www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/BadMedicineWP.pdf) [ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu8q0EU4b9w), featuring Andy Griffith, that [FactCheck​.org found](http://www.factcheck.org/2010/07/mayberry-misleads-on-medicare/) uses “weasel words” to “mislead” seniors about how that law would affect them. (As I [blogged](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cato-at-liberty.org%2Fmatlocks-medicare-pitch-ruled-out-of-order%2F&ei=KnJ2TNTDKYKClAfI2JzsCw&usg=AFQjCNEr_e8pbYv7Fb5GInsTmCZ8M0c_ag) previously, FactCheck​.org understated the case.) Nonetheless, over at [Medicare​.gov](http://www.medicare.gov/default.aspx), the administration is still running that dishonest ad.

They should take the ad down.

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