How Many Of Your Dollars It Cost The Government To Lie To You
From a WSJ editorial about the Porter-Novelli-created ads featuring Andy Griffith that ran last year praising Obamacare -- costing us $3.5 million in air time and other costs:

The "Matlock" eminence rendered his services pro bono, but Porter Novelli didn't. The media consulting firm racked up 668 billable hours and earned $404,384.40 producing the spots, according to documents released by the outside GOP advocacy group Crossroads GPS through the Freedom of Information Act.

At least Porter Novelli didn't charge taxpayers for fact-checking. Among Mr. Griffith's many deceptive claims, he tells his fellow seniors that their Medicare benefits won't change (they will, most immediately in Medicare Advantage) and that ObamaCare strengthens the program's finances (it doesn't, according to the chief Medicare actuary). Lovable ol' Andy of Mayberry then says "that new health-care law sure sounds good" to him, in a transparent bid to win over senior voters in advance of the 2010 election.

The next time the President wants to run misleading ads ahead of an election, he might hit up the Democratic Party or use his bully pulpit, rather than passing the bill to taxpayers.