Democrats go too far with Taylor ad

Mike Taylor's announcement Thursday in a press conference that he is withdrawing his bid to become a U.S. senator caught everyone off guard. Montana politics, long known for their bawdy theater, reached a new low, even by our state's standards.

Taylor said he understood and accepted that politics in Montana are a contact sport, and "welcomed the rough and tumble, the clashing of ideas and visions for the future." But Thursday he said he was not prepared for the extent of the lies his opponents spread about him. If it were only him, he said, he would continue the battle. But his family and his...