"No it makes them look like they picked up the shit flung at them and tossed it back. "
There's plenty of non-fiction stuff on Webb that the campaign can toss at him - and have been fairly effectively. Having to reach to fictional stories is desperate.
The Washington Post and Jim Webb took this campaign into the gutter, and Allen is fighting them in the gutter.
Sometimes you have to get down to the snake's level and take them on.