By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

The political campaign for Rob Simmons, who is running against former WWE CEO Linda McMahon for the Republican nomination in the Connecticut Senate race, emailed a statement this morning ripping McMahon for her responses during her interview on MSNBC when asked about WWE's history of health issues under her watch.

Simmons's campaign manager, Jim Barnett, cited WWE eliminating their drug-testing policy for a decade prior to implementing a new policy in 2006. McMahon's defense throughout her Senate campaign has been to describe the current Wellness Policy without accounting for WWE's lack of testing before 2006.

Barnett also attacked the current Wellness Policy, citing expert research over the past three years that has brought into question the validity of the current policy.

"This morning on national television, Linda McMahon was called to account for the culture of drugs, steroids and death through which she made the hundreds of millions of dollars that are financing her U.S. Senate campaign," said Barnett. "The program she defends now is regarded as a joke by leading experts and the U.S. Congress who only last year completed one investigation and requested another. And to this day, wrestlers in their 30s and 40s are dying because of the unconscionable industry practices she has promoted and allowed to continue nearly unabated."

Simmons's and McMahon's campaign managers have gone back and forth this week over comments made by McMahon about the future Senator of Connecticut needing business experience in China. McMahon said she has negotiated a TV deal, while Simmons showed he speaks fluent Mandarin.

Barnett said: "Rob Simmons has the real experience that McMahon can only grasp at. He learned Chinese by serving as a CIA officer, living overseas while working on difficult and dangerous missions in East Asia in order to protect American security. ... That's in sharp contrast to Linda McMahon's 'experience' as the head of a pro wrestling company who made a personal fortune marketing truly troubling programming to our children."

McMahon's manager, Ed Patru, said: "Now he's attacking Linda McMahon for not being fluent in Chinese. Guilty as charged. Linda doesn't speak Chinese. But fluency in Mandarin isn't the top issue on the minds of Connecticut voters. Economic recovery and job creation are top issues, as are federal spending and debt."

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