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Critics And Supporters Grapple With Issue 2

Some call it a common sense law to control government labor costs and help over-burdened taxpayers. Others call it an attack on public employees, unions, and the whole middle class. Both sides are talking about the same thing: State Issue 2. It’s on the ballot so voters can either endorse or kill the new collective bargaining law that Republicans pushed through the legislature. Monday and Tuesday we have a two-part series on one of the most bitter debates in modern Ohio history. Here’s statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen.