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Meanwhile spector gets his shots in against sestak a former admiral via tv ads. >> joe sestak relieved of duty fee in the navy for creating a poor command climate. >> back fire. hap 23rd air force two touches down near scranton where joe biden endorses the senator. >> america is coming back. it will be no no small part because of arlon spector. oh oh out vied veterans abuse spector of swift voting sestak. >> i want an apology for defacing. thats all i want. >> it is a dishonor to every veteran. ...

Meanwhile spector gets his shots in against sestak a former admiral via tv ads. >> joe sestak relieved of duty fee in the navy for creating a poor command climate. >> back fire. hap 23rd air force two touches down near scranton where joe biden endorses the senator. >> america is coming back. it will be no no small part because of arlon spector. oh oh out vied veterans abuse spector of swift voting sestak. >> i want an apology for defacing. thats all i want. >> it is a dishonor to every veteran. ...

In the mid 3 so, low 30s, they would be political history. you know, you could write their political obituary. and, for the longest time, what really was going on here, was, joe sestak, until months ago did not run a television commercial, gregg, he wasnt well-known and so, arlen specters lead was basically a name i.d., and once sestak took to the air with some very not arguably brilliantly commercials the race tightened up. >> gregg: let me ask you about specters commercials. he ran i think wha...

But hes sha changed his party and position position. >> its been a record where i evaluate what is good for the people of the state and nation and vote accordingaccord. >> he will fight for you, regardless of what the politics are. i love you and i love arlen specter. >> reporter: specter got the presidents support on the air and gets no last-minute visit. sestak uses history like a knife to undercut specters presidential support. >> arlen specter is the right man for the united states senate. i...

Pittsburgh "post-gazette" on april 5th, this year, earlier this month, said a current admiral said that sestak had quote a tyrannical leadership style. he would command by fear and intimidation. and that was why he was terminated. because of his poor command climate. listen, those arent my words, those are the reports in the army "times," the navy "times" and a currently serving admiral. >> let me ask you about his whole military record. you said something relatively positive about most of his r...

>> well, im not focusing on that. im focusing most heavily on my own very positive record. and im speaking about that on the stump and im advertising it on television. but when congressman sestak puts on a commercial touting his service, and i commend him for most of his service. but its relevant and the voters ought to know why he was terminated. and it is not my words, but its the words of the navy "times" and the army "times" that he was terminated because of poor control climate -- poor comm...

Here it is. lets listen. >> joe sestak. relieved of duty in the navy for creating a poor command climate. joe sestak, the worst attendance of any pennsylvania congressman. and near the bottom of the entire congress. last year alone, sestak missed 127 votes. he says the missed votes werent important. he went campaigning instead. lets say no to no-show joe. >> and heres part of a web video your campaign put out last summer. lets watch that and we have one more to show. all three of them were showi...

Relieved of duty and terminated. those words sound like he was fired, like he did something wrong. that he was not getting a good performance review. what was it? >> well thats what the military journals say, that he was fired. and he has commented about what admirable clark said. but when admirable mullen came in, he terminated him. and as the pittsburgh "post-gazette" quoted and i wrote this down to be precise, these are not my words, the pittsburgh "post-gazette" on april 5th, this year, earl...

Joe. it says joe sestak awol. senator, as four weeks to go before the primary, why are you focusing on this mans 31-year military career and not his political positions? >> well, im not focusing on that. im focusing most heavily on my own very positive record. and im speaking about that on the stump and im advertising it on television. but when congressman sestak puts on a commercial touting his service and i commend him for most of his service. but its relevant and the voters ought to know why ...

>> heres a website sponsored by your campaign called no-show joe. it says joe sestak awol. senator, as four weeks to go before the primary in may. why are you focusing on this mans 31-year military career and not his political positions? >> well, im not focusing on that. im focusing most heavily on my own very positive record. and im speaking about that on the stump and im advertising it on television. but when congressman sestak puts on a commercial touting his service, and i commend him for mo...