The League of American Voters has revised an ad critical of U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen after the Appleton Dem's attorney asked TV stations to pull the spot.

Kagen attorney Mike Maistelman wrote to four Green Bay TV stations that the ad misstates provisions of the House health care legislation Kagen supported last year.

"The LAV advertisement states that Rep. Kagen 'voted for Obama and Pelosi's health care takeover' that imposes '(b)ig taxes on good insurance plans,'" the letter states. "This statement is categorically false; the House version of the health care bill does no such thing."

LAV executive director Bob Adams acknowledged that Maistelman was correct, saying the House plan included an income tax surcharge rather than a tax on so-called Cadillac health plans. He said all four stations have been sent a new version of the ad.

"We've updated our ad to properly inform the public about Kagen's voting for big tax hikes," Adams said.

See the revised and original ads in WisPolitics' Ad Watch.