RNC pulls controversial Corker ad

This controversial television commercial, produced and paid for by the Republican National Committee but denounced by the candidate it is supposed to support, has been pulled.

From the Knoxville News Sentinel:

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Harold Ford Jr. called national Republican ads that have been running against him "slimy, sleazy and smut" after speaking to a Knoxville women's group Wednesday.

"What they're putting up is trash and smut," Ford said.

That was shortly after learning that the Republican National Committee has agreed to pull one of the two controversial ads from the airways. And some TV stations have suspended the broadcasting of the second ad, pending a review of its accuracy.

Republican Senate nominee Bob Corker has said since the controversy began with the airing of the ad called "Who Hasn't?" on Friday that he has no control over whether the ad runs. He said it should come down. Corker has made that statement on national television.

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