Apparently, both George Allen and Jim Webb signed an agreement with the League of Women Voters to not use the video from last Monday’s League-sponsored debate for campaign purposes. (Note to CBDA: perhaps you could have had the 2nd District candidates sign a similar statement in lieu of the no-taping rule.) It looks as if the video is being used, in violation of the agreement. An ad that started running last week shows clips of Webb. The ad was authorized by George Allen and paid for by Friends of George Allen.
The League of Women Voters, of which I am a member, has requested that the ad be removed. I agree, especially since the LWV is a bipartisan organization. (And it really is -I attended a LWV meeting this afternoon and one of the people mentioned that she was going to place her “Vote NO” sign next to her “Allen” sign.)
It is important that candidates honor their agreements. Friends of George Allen should remove the ad.
UPDATE: Here is the AP story on this.
VIVIAN J. PAIGE | All Politics is Local 
Vivian,
Earlier you stated:
“And I go back to the agreement: if the candidates didn’t want to sign it, they shouldn’t have. Allen is an attorney, right? Surely he knew what he was signing.”
Perhaps Allen was making up words that day in law school when they covered legal agreements! Or when he was elected Senator, but didn’t read the Senate Ethics Rule Book about declaring stock options! This isn’t a lawyer I’d want representing me in a court of law, much less as a US Senator… Did he actually graduate from law school?