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Democrats are seeking funds Wednesday to air a 30-second spot on Republicans' Medicare plans in House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) district.

Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), wrote supporters to solicit enough funds by midnight on Wednesday to air their tongue-in-cheek ad in Boehner's southwestern Ohio district.

"We just cut a creative new ad to break through the clutter and take the fight directly to Republican Speaker John Boehner," Israel wrote to the DCCC email list. "But we must raise $25,000 by Midnight Tonight so we can run it in Boehner’s home district."

The DCCC released the 30-seco! nd ad on Tuesday as a web video, seized on the House-passed 2012 budget, and humorously depicting seniors having to work mowing lawns or even as a stripper in order to fund their healthcare in retirement.

Democrats have been particularly active in attacking the 2012 budget's provisions on Medicare, which would transform the program into one where the federal government doles out money to states, which in turn would design their own programs.

Boehner's suburban Cincinnati district is considered strongly Republican, and the Speaker probably isn't at risk of losing reelection no matter how much the DCCC spends there. The neighboring 1st congressional district, however, is a key battleground district represented by Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), who reclaimed that seat in 2010 from Rep. Steve Driehaus (D), who won it in 2008.

Here's a copy of the ad Democrats are hoping to get on-air in Boehner's backyard: