Who Said That?

The battle in Indiana's 9th District heats up with television ads released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee publicly declaring that Mike Sodrel is for privatizing Social Security in a “deceptively negative television ad containing blatant factual errors” report Mike Sodrel supporters. Sodrel’s supporters argue that the article the DCCC is referring to that ‘Nowhere in the article cited by the ad does it note Sodrel's support for privatization. What the Courier-Journal article does say is that Sodrel does not "support any of the specific proposals that have been made for overhauling the Social Security system.” (Courier-Journal, 3/29/05)’ .They continue to claim that the evidence shows that Baron Hill is actually in favor of investing Social Security and has publicly voiced his approval. Sodrel’s supporters cite Hill’s response in a video clip when approached with a suggestion to invest Social Security funds in the stock market:
"You mean the government doing the investing? I like your idea. I think you are on to something now. Well, I used to work with Merrill Lynch before I went to Congress. They've got into all kinds of troubles now, but back when I used to work for them they were an honest company. But one of the things I did was this kind of investing for corporations. It's called a defined benefit program and that's what really Social Security is."
See http://www.mikesodrel.com/news.php?itemId=35

To see video footage click of Baron Hill’s response click here