Chamber of Commerce Runs Ad Hitting Crist for Inconsistencies

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new television commercial slamming Gov. Charlie Crist who is running in the U.S. Senate election without party affiliation. The commercial indicts Crist in his own words, showing the governor calling for the repeal of new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama in May but then saying in August that he backed those measures. The commercial also features other politicians -- 2004 Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John Kerry and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania -- who admitted that he left the Republicans after decades in the service in the Senate to run as a Democrat for his political survival, though his gamble did not pay off. The commercial is being run in markets in central Florida.