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Ad Watch

NPR's Steve Inskeep looks at new ads released by Republicans today to counter an aggressive ad campaign launched by the AFL-CIO in the districts of several dozen Republicans running for Congress. The union ads have made several GOP incumbents nervous and angry, and they've charged that their records are being distorted. The latest AFL-CIO round of advertising has come in the form of what the union describes as ``electronic voter guides.''

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