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The National | Oct 8, 2012 | 4:18

Funny, effective political ads

The latest U.S. political ad that's getting a lot of attention and is a play on the hugely popular bedtime story Go the F to Sleep, is the brain child of a Canadian, CBC's David Common reports

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