The independent group Move America Forward just released a new commercial following last month's controversial city council decisions [1] first to ban, then allow Marine recruiting centers in the city.

The commercial features a Marine, a military mother, and a veteran, all demanding an apology from the Berkeley City Council. Move America Forward's website also has a petition for the public to sign [2], asking for contrition. Reaction to the ad from the local community has been less than enthusiastic, with the University of California Berkeley's paper, The Daily Californian, calling the ad [3] "pure comedy."

Should Berkeley apologize? Is this ad the way to make it happen?