Wearing a more casual open-necked shirt and sweater, Nelson will say during the Nebraska-University of Arizona football game: “I listened to you and took a common-sense approach to improve the bill.”

“Now it lowers costs for families and small business, protects Medicare, finally guarantees coverage for pre-existing conditions and reduces the deficit. And it’s not run by the government,” he will say. “I’m convinced this is right for Nebraska.”

Oddly, the ad appears to make no attempt to respond to the biggest criticism — that Nelson worked with Senate Leader Harry Reid to include language in the health care bill that funds abortions.