Viagra for molesters? Oh, yes he did.

Republican Sharron Angle’s new ad hits Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., with a seemingly incredible charge: That he voted to permit Obamacare to provide erectile dysfunction drugs to those convicted of sex crimes.

Incredible, but true if only because Reid was determined to keep all amendments out of the health care bill. The Congressional Research Service even wrote up a paper on it.

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