Death By Government. Whistleblower: Veterans 'died at the hands' of Russ Feingold

The Washington Examiner reports:

U.S. veterans "died at the hands of politicians" such as former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., Department of Veteran Affairs whistleblower Ryan Honl charged in a new ad attacking the Democratic Senate candidate.

"I found out that Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm and nothing was done," Honl said in the ad released Monday by Freedom Partners, a Koch-backed organization. "All those veterans who've come back wounded, and they die at the hands of politicians who look the other way."

Freedom Partners is spending $2 million to promote the ad, a significant investment that coincided with the kick-off of Sen. Ron Johnson's re-election campaign. Johnson is one of the most vulnerable Republicans facing re-election and trails Feingold by nearly 6 points in the Real Clear Politics polling average, but the size of the ad buy and the fact that Freedom Partners announced the amount of money they're spending suggests that outside groups won't abandon Johnson.

Death by government.