Bruce Braley, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat, provided comic relief to the audience tonight when he said he would immediately call Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for advice if he won the election.
The audience and Braley’s opponent, Republican Joni Ernst, laughed at Braley’s surprising answer. It was only months ago that Braley was roundly criticized after he was caught on tape attacking Grassley as "a farmer from Iowa."
When Ernst was asked the same question she laughed and named Sen. Grassley as well.
The most recent poll conducted by the Des Moines Register has Ernst, a mother and combat veteran, leading Braley by six points.