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Patty Murray vs. Angry Cancer Lady: She calls the attack mailers against Suzan DelBene, who is running for Congress across the lake from Seattle, "unfortunate" and "ugly." It turns out that those ads are being paid for by competing candidate Laura Ruderman's mother, who has cancer and was trying to balance out DelBene's bloated, self-funded campaign. Read a letter from cancer mom after the jump.

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As Promised: Below is the letter from Laura Ruderman's cancer-ridden, hardball-playin' mother, explaining why she's funding those attack ads against against her daughter's opponent.

Today I understand it was disclosed that I am the donor to Progress For Washington.

I love my daughter very much and I think she would make a great Congresswoman. I also love my country and think she's the best candidate we have to beat John Koster. As I undergo ongoing cancer treatment, I am in a place in my life where I have to make hard decisions about what is important to me.

I grew very frustrated that a candidate could self fund a campaign for Congress and knew that my daughter did not have the means to do that. So I called Jeff Gumbinner, a consultant that I knew from previous campaigns, and asked him how I could help. He suggested setting up Progress For Washington and talked me through each and every step of the way. I don't have many millions of dollars but this was an effort I could make.

I am not taking any press calls at this time. However, I do want to make it clear that I did this out of love for my daughter and because I think she's the best candidate.

Thank you, Margaret Rothschild