Democrat Is Asked to Cancel Ad With Reagan
From Times Wire Reports
Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb has a television ad ready to air next week featuring praise from his late boss President Reagan -- and Nancy Reagan called on him to cancel it, saying the ad was “neither authorized nor appropriate.”
Webb was Reagan’s Navy secretary before switching to the Democratic Party. A campaign spokesman in Richmond said the campaign felt the ad was proper.
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