You make a fair point, but I'm afraid it's not relevant to what Mayday and others are trying to accomplish. It's these kinds of commercials that have come to dominate the landscape and shape the broader dialogue on issues. Admonishing the public for giving credence to campaign commercials doesn't change the fact that special interest money is having an overwhelmingly negative impact on our nation. Ending corruption isn't about putting a stop to negative attack ads, it means liberating our system of government. We're no longer a government of, by and for the people. We are simply the governed. As long as Democrats and Republicans alike are beholden to the funders of their campaigns (largely the economic elite and Super Pacs funded by corporations) average americans have no voice in their government. Cynicism is the easy path my friend. Dig deeper, our nation depends on it.
I'm digging as deep as one can possibly dig. Their campaign finance reform is a analogous to only stitching up the skin as a "fix" for a compound fracture.
We have let the politicians run amok for quite some time, and as you state, the current system is not by the people -- but it is the people who have let it become that because as it turns out, we are lazy and would gladly trade some freedom for just a little more leisure time.
Cash in liberty; gain free time; repeat. Always repeat.
We have the government we deserve, and patching it with campaign finance reform won't fix what is broken: Us, and our critical thinking skills. Or maybe I'm as dumb as Homer Simpson, and the only reason campaign commercials don't work on me is because they aren't to the Batman theme music ("na na na na na na na na, Romney!").