Democrat Chellie Pingree's latest TV ad tells a personal story. In it, she says that her brother died of cancer, but only after bankrupting his family while fighting the disease.
Pingree uses the story – which she also recounted in last night's televised debate on WCSH, and in a recent op-ed article – to argue for the need for change in the health-care system.
Dieter Bradbury is the Press Herald's political correspondent. His career at the newspaper started in 1980, and includes 21 years as a reporter and seven as an editor. Bradbury is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine.
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