The battle between GOP Rep. Rob Simmons and Dem challenger Joe Courtney over a local sub base is ballooning into a huge controversy. A few days ago, Simmons released an ad which slammed Courtney for doing "nothing" and touted Simmons' own role in saving a local sub base. But as Election Central reported Wednesday, Courtney pointed to a voicemail message Simmons had left Courtney just after the base was saved, in which Simmons thanked Courtney for his help saving the same base Simmons boasted about having saved himself. Now the story has hit big-time: Local News Channel 8 is airing a long segment on the controversy which quotes Courtney hammering Simmons as a "hypocrite." Watch the segment below; you can even hear Simmons' voicemail.