How low can you go?

No matter how bad the Webb versus Miller primary race has gotten, at least no one has stooped this low:

California candidate accents rival’s illness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A candidate for the California state Assembly says voters should pick him because his opponent — a heart transplant recipient — could die in office.

“Can you imagine the costs to taxpayers for a special election when poor health renders him unable to fulfill the duties of office?” former Modesto City Councilman Bill Conrad wrote in a mailing to voters. “Republicans deserve a strong candidate ….”

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The mailer says in bold red letters, “Tom Berryhill doesn’t have the HEART for State Assembly,” and suggests that he might not survive the two-year term if elected because he had a heart transplant five years ago.

You don’t have much to say about why voters should elect you when you have to pick on your opponent’s health.