Here's the AP story [1]on Senator Jim Talent's latest desperate attack on Claire McCaskill.

Talent criticized the McCaskill campaign over an FEC report that the FEC didn't receive by the deadline. The McCaskill campaign immediately produced a postal receipt that Melissa Berridge, McCaskill's compliance director, had in her desk showing that she mailed the report on time.

Berridge was killed in a plane crash [2] over the weekend.

Despite the demonstration by McCaskill's camp that the report had been sent on time, Talent and his minions continued to press their attack.

This is disgusting and pitiful behavior on the part of Talent, who can obviously see his Senate seat slipping away.

Previous Fired Up posts on this, here [3] and here. [4]

If you feel like helping Claire, you can do so here. [5]

Update: Melissa Berridge's brother posted this comment on the KC Star's blog. [6]

Click here for video [7] of Melissa's brother.