The latest ad from Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA Action features a former worker at GST Steel-one of the companies acquired by Bain Capital-who was then laid off in the Bain-led "restructuring." As a result, he and his family lost their health care, and soon after, his wife developed cancer.
Put another way, this ad all but accuses Mitt Romney of giving someone cancer:
It's a harsh message, but it does illustrate an important fact about this election. If Mitt Romney is elected, he will attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and if he succeeds, millions of people will lose health insurance. Indeed, if the Affordable Care Act were around when GST Steel was in business, it would have kept the narrator from losing his health insurance, and his wife could have had check-ups that caught her cancer before it spread.
As a result of Romney's promised return to the pre-ACA status quo, some people-who would have otherwise had access to health care-will develop ailments that could have been prevented with regular doctor visits. Some of them will die.
Given the conventions of modern campaigns-which tend to keep things vague- it's impolite to say this. But that doesn't make it less true.
