The offensive will begin Wednesday with a flurry of automated phone calls to voters in 30 Republican-held congressional districts, accusing the GOP of “forcing” a supercommittee failure because they wanted to protect tax breaks for the wealthy by cutting Medicare. “The supercommittee failed because Republicans insisted on extending the Bush tax breaks for millionaires and refusing to include a jobs proposal – while ending the Medicare guarantee,” a recorded voice tells voters, according to a script released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which sets party strategy for House races. The caller then adds: “By rejecting a balanced approach, Republicans chose to protect the wealthiest one percent at the expense of seniors and the middle class.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee began a campaign on Wednesday, attacking Republicans for "forcing" a Super Congress failure over their insistence on protecting the rich from tax hikes and for wanting to cut Medicare.

As both the reporter, Peter Wallsten, and Greg Sargent note, that attack wouldn't work had the offers the Democrats made in the Super Congress, which included Medicare benefits cuts, been accepted. And they'll lose that issue, an incredibly salient one, if they allow Medicare to creep back onto the negotiating table in the ongoing spending cuts discussions. Sargent: "if Dems agree to substantial Medicare benefits cuts, they risk frittering away their hard-won advantage on an issue that’s helped define the Democratic Party for decades. It may be among the Dems’ best hopes of winning back seniors and independents they lost in 2010."

But they realize that now, right? At least the DCCC seems to.