August 5, 2009, 5:39 pm

Republicans Say: Right Back at You.

By Bernie Becker
The back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats, mostly over health care, has escalated over the last few days — and the latest chapter contains a bit of a prankish twist.

The most recent salvo began when the Democratic National Committee released a Web advertisement centered on the heated reaction some Democratic lawmakers are receiving back in their states or districts. As we and others have written, some of the protests have been organized by outside groups, fueling a sprawling debate as to how much is so-called Astroturf disruption, how much may be organic and whether even those who are dispatched by groups are entitled to express their own concerns about health care as actual constituents or citizens.

The ad, which accuses Republicans of having “no plan for moving our country forward,â€