Bill McCollum Focuses on Immigration while New Rick Scott Ad Attacks AG on Arizona Law

Attorney General Bill McCollum, locked in a bitter contest with health-care executive Rick Scott for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, focused on immigration in Orlando on Wednesday, proposing a new law similar to a measure that passed in Arizona.

This legislation will provide new enforcement tools for protecting our citizens and will help our state fight the ongoing problems created by illegal immigration, said McCollum. Florida will not be a sanctuary state for illegal aliens.

Scott has attempted to make political hay out of McCollums position on immigration and released a new television commercial on Wednesday arguing that the attorney general has been less than consistent in his support of bringing a law to Florida similar to the one in Arizona.

I think Arizona has its own unique problems, McCollum said in the Scott ad. I dont think Florida should enact laws like this, that are quite that far out.

The Scott commercial then includes a clip of McCollum saying he never said that.