Vulnerable red-state democrats have used the Texas lawsuit as a cudgel against their Republican opponents. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended a lawsuit to undo the Affordable Care Act's protection of insurance for pre-existing health conditions even though it's become a problem for Republican candidates in the campaign for control of Congress.
“Our candidates are able to deal with it,” McConnell said regarding a barrage of Democratic ads criticizing his party's candidates on the issue. “There's nobody in the Senate that I'm familiar with who is not in favor of coverage of pre-existing conditions.”
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