Democrats no longer see Obamacare as affliction
BOISE, Idaho - For years Democrats ran from the health care issue as though it were a heap of flaming rubble, which, politically speaking, it was.
Passage of the Affordable Care Act cost them control of Congress, gave rise to the upstart tea party movement and helped install Donald Trump in the White House.
But polls show support for the law increasing as it becomes more imperiled, and the result has been a political sea change.
A backlash to GOP repeal efforts has emboldened Democrats, who think they can seize back the House, dramatically expand coverage and turn health care from an albatross to an advantage even in red states such as Idaho, with the help of Republicans such as Christy Perry.
The Idaho state representative is a down-the-line partisan who supports
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