Getting Nasty
Rubio on Defense During Heavy Campaign Week
The Florida senator finds himself in an ad war with Jeb Bush and trades barbs over absenteeism with Chris Christie.
Senator Marco Rubio walks on stage at the start of the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas on Dec. 15, 2015.
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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio found himself under siege on two fronts Tuesday over his attendance record in the U.S. Senate as the Florida lawmaker embarked on a swing through snowy Iowa.
Right to Rise PAC, a super-political action committee supporting Rubio's one-time political mentor, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, released an ad that it intends to air in Iowa, a state where Bush isn't making a strong push but Rubio is.