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By HEATHER DuVALL and
marsha McAllister
Rappahannock New* Staff Writers
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-lOth) said he sees a great future for a health care bill and a rocky road for negative advertising.
In the weeks leading up to the congressional election Wolf said negative ads have tarnished reputations and left the public wondering which candidates can be trusted.
“Congress has problems because they all trash each other so badly and people remember that,” Wolf said. “Coke doesn’t say Pepsi will make your teeth rot out and Pepsi doesn’t say that Coke will make you sick, so you wonder why in the political process it goes on all the time. People don’t forget that on Nov. 10.”
Wolf said he doesn’t know how to change the negativity.
“Maybe if people stop rewarding the negative ads it could make a difference,” Wolf said. “It would be wonderful if you started a campaign without saying anything about the opponent.”
“I will not be criticizing anyone because I am not that kind of person,” Wolf said. “It just is not my way.”
Other issues on the Hill are positive, said Wolf.
Wolf said he is optimistic about a health care bill that he predicts will be passed in the first session of Congress this year.
“I think we can pass a good bill,”
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