Running from Ryan and his Medicare plan By Greg Sargent
Republicans continue to assert that the selection of Paul Ryan as Veep candidate — and the argument over Medicare it has triggered — is good politically for them, even in down-ticket races. They say they can win the Medicare war by pressing the claim that Obama has “raided” Medicare to pay for his health care law — converting this fight into another battle over the hated Obamacare.
Here’s one way to look at this claim. How are Republican candidates in closely contested House races handling the Ryan plan? Most House Republican incumbents, of course, are already on record voting for it. But how are House candidates reacting to it?
Dems point out that as least six GOP candidates have either come out against — or refused to take a position on — Ryan’s proposal:
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