Patrick Murphy ‘Marco Polo’ ad hits Marco Rubio’s attendance

What if you were playing Marco Polo and the other kid snuck away and disappeared? U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is hitting U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his record of not being there in the first U.S. Senate campaign TV commercial of the fall season.

The 30-second spot, “Polo,” is almost equal parts criticism of Republican Rubio for his worst-in-the-Senate attendance record, and introductory remarks for Murphy, laying out the basic issues on which he wants to run.

After showing one kid sneaking out of the pool in a game of Marco Polo, Murphy declares, “It’s not a game when our senator doesn’t show up.”

The ad then highlight’s Murphy’s 97 percent voting record, his claim for political independence, his 100 percent voting record as pro-choice, and his commitment to stop cuts to Medicare.

Then he goes back to Rubio, bringing home the point that the Murphy campaign has been addressing since Rubio, last week, refused to commit to serving a full six-year term this time.

“Florida needs a full-time senator,” Murphy concludes.

Replied Rubio campaign spokesman Michael Ahrens:

“Like Marco Polo, Patrick Murphy relied on his father’s riches to go around telling tall tales and exaggerating his accomplishments. Given that Murphy named his ad after Polo, it’s fitting that this aristocrat is lying about his own horrible attendance record in Congress and his support for liberal policies like Obamacare that cut Medicare.”