Stephen Colbert's Super-PAC Iowa TV Ad

Here's the ad Stephen Colbert's Super PAC is airing in Iowa, "Episode IV: A New Hope." Sounds familiar.

Funny. Enjoy. And vote Rick PArry in the straw poll.

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