From this morning's Earlybird:

• "Conservative judicial activists have gone up with a new Web video questioning the judicial philosophy of President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick, Sonia Sotomayor," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "The Judicial Confirmation Network put up its Web ad, aboutsoniasotomayor.com, in response to a television ad campaign kicked off Wednesday by Sotomayor's backers. The JNC's ad, 'Equal Justice for All?' questions Sotomayor's judicial bent and references an excerpt from a speech that she gave in 2002."

• "Conservative groups are stepping up the battle against Democrats' proposed health-system overhaul with advertising campaigns contending that the changes could result in long waits for surgery and difficulty obtaining prescription drugs," the Wall Street Journal reports. "Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a conservative advocacy organization, on Wednesday plans to launch a $1.7 million television-advertising campaign that negatively likens the U.S. health-care system envisioned by lawmakers to Canada's publicly administered system."