PCCC targets Ann Romney comment

Spouses have mostly been off limits in the 2012 race, but the liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee is going right at Ann Romney for her comment on "Meet the Press" that she and her husband "have not had a financial struggle in our lives."

The remark was part of a longer argument that the Romneys may not have struggled financially, but they know what it means to struggle due to Ann's health issues.

In a provocative email to PCCC supporters, the group seizes on an apparent gap between what Ann Romney said to David Gregory and her speech at the Republican National Convention: "This is a far cry from the Republican convention claim that she and Mitt Romney 'ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish' to get by. Most important, it has the potential to show voters that as Mitt Romney proposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and student loans, he is out-of-touch with the challenges working families face."

The Web ads are up in the state of Ohio, the group said, and look like the kind of thing designed to provoke a response from the GOP.