Dispatch: Anti-Kasich ad fails to mention Strickland voted for same legislation

The Columbus Dispatch writes:

A new television attack ad criticizes Republican gubernatorial nominee John Kasich because he "voted to help Wall Street banks" when he was in Congress.

But the ad doesn't mention that Gov. Ted Strickland, who also was in Congress, voted for one of the same bills that the ad criticizes Kasich for supporting.

The commercial is the second from Building a Stronger Ohio, which is led by the Democratic Governor's Association and funded by the association and the American Federation of Teachers. It started airing in the Columbus market on Friday.

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... one of the six congressional votes cited as back-up for the claim that "Kasich voted to help Wall Street banks and firms like Lehman Brothers" is the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act to deregulate the financial industry.

Both Kasich and then-U.S. Rep. Strickland voted for the bill on July 1, 1999.

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A spokeswoman from the Democratic Governors Association declined to comment.

In an April interview, Strickland acknowledged that he supported certain deregulation efforts in Congress but said he is not responsible for the greed that led to the collapse of the financial markets in 2008.

(Source: The Columbus Dispatch, 6/7/10)