Dem House candidate Steve Kagen has just uncorked a new ad blasting GOP rival John Gard as a "professional politician" — with a Pinnochio nose. His nose grows with each broken promise alleged by the Kagen campaign — and the effect of seeing a powerful state pol (Gard is Assembly Speaker) depicted as a little wooden boy is just a bit off-putting. "He voted with the insurance companies to make healthcare more expensive. Now he says the opposite," the narrator says. Nose grows.. "No wonder John Gard has been called one of the most corrupt politicians in Madison." Nose grows again. We've seen this character before." Recent polling has shown Kagen with a narrow lead in this potential pickup for Democrats. View the ad below.