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Both Republicans and Democrats will be forced to use caution when using footage from Olympic Games--past and present--in political commercials. YouTube removed an ad paid for by Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting President Barack Obama, after the International Olympics Committee it violated copyright law. The Priorities USA ad featured footage of Mitt Romney at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah and is edited so it appears he is personally welcoming teams from China, India and Burma. The edit is intended to highlight work Romney outsourced to those countries. (Romney was the CEO of Winter Olympics Organizing Committee from 1999-2002.) But because it employed copyrighted images of the 2002 Opening Ceremonies, Priorities USA won't be able to air the ad and has removed it from their YouTube page and website. Priorities USA President Bill Burton said they were "glad" to remove the ad after they spoke to the Olympic...