Ohio congressman being lobbied on health care vote outraged by ad showing his daughters

Ohio congressman outraged by ad showing daughters

CINCINNATI — An Ohio congressman says an ad featuring a large photo of him with his two young daughters went too far in the heated debate over health care.

Tim Mulvey, a spokesman Rep. Steve Driehaus (DREE’-hows), says the southwest Ohio Democrat was outraged by the advertisement, which appeared Wednesday in The Cincinnati Enquirer. The ad was paid for by the Committee to Rethink Reform, a Washington-based group opposed to the health care overhaul nearing a vote.

Committee spokeswoman Sarah Longwell says showing the children was a mistake and that the group is taking out another ad to apologize.

The Enquirer ran its own full-page retraction and apology Thursday.

Driehaus says he will oppose any health care legislation that allows federal funds for abortions.