Aww, how cute, Bush found a Republican in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts police officer describes his Democratic senator, John Kerry, as a presidential candidate who likes higher taxes in a radio ad that President Bush's re-election campaign began airing nationwide Monday.

"John Kerry has been my senator for 20 years. Now he's running for president. You might want to know him the way some of us in Massachusetts do," says Jay Moccia, of Hyde Park, Mass.

The ad, Bush's second radio commercial, echoes claims that Vice President Dick Cheney made Monday in a speech and Bush has made in television spots and on the campaign trail. Citing Kerry's lengthy voting record, the Republicans have sought to portray the Democratic lawmaker as a tax-raising liberal.

In the 60-second ad, Moccia claims that Kerry's Senate record shows he has voted for higher taxes 350 times, supported taxing senior citizens' Social Security benefits and opposed giving small businesses tax credits to buy health insurance.

Very cute, Dubya. For exploration into the murky process which yielded the 350 figure -- as well as how it applies to Bush himself-- go here.