The ink is hardly dry on the various health care reform proposals floating around the Capitol, and already one of the big players in the debate has taken his case to the airwaves.

Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland) today released a 30-second TV commercial touting his own health care reform proposal, in a manner somewhat like he pitched his own infrastructure bond proposal last year in TV ads that debuted early in the debate.

The ad describes the Democratic leader’s proposal as a plan “covering more Californians, controlling costs, and asking Washington to do its fair share.” Perata’s political team says the ad will air in Sacramento and the Bay Area, but did not provide any info on the size of the ad buy.

You can see the ad here.

(Above photo: Perata’s campaign website)