ARLINGTON, Va. - Most people who watch TV have seen commercials for erectile dysfunction and male enhancement pills.

"It's just annoying," said area resident Lenae Mosley. "I mean just how many questions do they have to have? I think people probably know by now that there's help out there."

That's just how Rep. Jim Moran D-Va. feels. He is introducing a bill called the Families for ED Advertising Decency Act. It would prevent ads like a popular one for Viagra from being aired between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

"Erectile dysfunction is a medical issue," noted area resident Charles Roseberry. "So why shouldn't it be on prime-time TV?"

Moran says children shouldn't have to view the ads and parents shouldn't have to explain to their kids what they're about.

"If a child has a question about that the parent has the right to not want to talk about it with them or talk about it with them," said area resident Traci Willie. "That's their choice."

Moran also says since Medicare covers ED drugs, in part taxpayer money is funding them. Local residents had some definite opinions.

"I think they should curtail pharmaceutical commercials altogether," said one man.

Moran says he introduced the bill to get the attention of the pill makers. He says he's willing to compromise with them if they're willing to make the ads a little less racy.

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