The Democratic National Committee makes the kind of stupid mistake we've come to expect from their Republican counterparts -- promoting an ad that features...the desecration of the American flag. Politico's Jonathan Allen reports:

One of the 20 finalists in health care video contest run by Barack Obama’s campaign arm features a mural of an America flag splattered with health care graffiti until it’s covered completely by black paint.

In the video – which is accompanied by the sound of a heart monitor pumping and then flat-lining – words such as “pre-existing conditions,” “homeless” and “death panel” ultimately obliterate the flag, which reappears on screen seconds later with the words “Health Will Bring Our Country Back to Life” on the blue field where the 50 stars usually are.

I don't get it. I mean, I get why the DNC would be oblivious to how real Americans might take offense to the desecration of the American flag. What I don't get is how the liberals who produced this video think that free health care is the only thing that can save this country. After all, the star-spangled banner's been waving proudly for some 230 years despite the lack of a "robust public option."