Senate Democratic PAC hits Collins over Medicaid cuts she voted

So a Democratic super PAC is spending real money to tell Maine voters that Susan Collins closed their birthing centers. The only problem? She voted against the bill they’re blaming her for. That’s not spin, that’s just public record. She voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The ad fails to mention that tiny detail.

The Senate Majority PAC is attacking Collins over Medicaid cuts in a law she explicitly rejected. She was one of the Republicans who wouldn't get on board. The bill passed anyway because President Trump and GOP leadership followed through on their commitment. Now Democrats want to pretend Collins was the deciding vote in a romp against rural health care. She wasn't. She can't even be called a reluctant supporter. She was a no.

Birthing center closures in rural Maine are a real story. It's also an old one. Rural hospitals have been financially drowning for years, long before this Congress acted. Medicaid reimbursement rates are part of it. So are workforce shortages, an aging patient population, and the simple economics of delivering babies in low-density counties. None of that gets fixed by lying about who voted for what.

What Democrats are really doing is punishing Collins for being a Republican in a state they want to flip. They know the policy reality is messy. So they invent a clean villain. Here's the honest version: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act strengthens Medicaid for the people who need it while demanding work and accountability from able-bodied adults. Collins resisted that. It was her call. Blaming her for consequences she opposed is like blaming a firefighter for the weather. Maine voters deserve better than a pretend accusation, and we suspect they'll say so when it counts.