Knee-deep in scandal?

Politics: Liberal ad campaign targets conservative religious leaders over “gambling problem” | Jamie Dean

The Campaign to Defend the Constitution (DefCon), a new online group dedicated to "combating the growing power of the religious right," launched its first advertising campaign this month with a series of ads that had little to do with defending the Constitution.

The $200,000 ad campaign centered on Christian leaders Ralph Reed, Louis Sheldon, and James Dobson. DefCon's full-page ad in The New York Times on March 8 said the three men "have a serious gambling problem" and implied all three took money from gambling interests. Television ads airing for one week on cable networks CNN and Fox News in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Colorado Springs, Colo., said the men are "knee-deep in the Jack Abramoff scandal." (Mr. Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in January to defrauding Indian tribes of millions of dollars, is scheduled for sentencing in federal court in late March.)