Gov. Bill Richardson’s new television advertisement, now airing in
The 30-second ad, released Monday, is airing in
“When a National Guard soldier would fall in combat, the family was only getting $12,000 – a national disgrace,” the ad’s narrator says. “Bill Richardson passed the first law in the nation giving National Guard soldiers $400,000 in life insurance. Eighteen states followed his lead.”
The ad also promotes
Both are issues
The new ad follows a controversy earlier this year about Richardson’s claim that the idea for the state insurance benefit came after he learned from the mother of a killed soldier how little the federal government was paying.
The ad is an effective way, on an important issue, to rebound from controversy. It continues the effective advertising being produced to promote
To learn more about the ad, click here. Here it is: