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Behind McConnell’s Effort to Win Over Cruz

December 3, 2015 at 11:23 am EST By Taegan Goddard 19 Comments

“Mitch McConnell is close to pulling off a feat that at first seemed impossible: Coax Ted Cruz and antagonistic conservative groups to back his strategy to repeal Obamacare,” Politico reports.

“For weeks, Cruz, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate and chief McConnell nemesis, and conservative Sens. Mike Lee and Marco Rubio threatened to vote against a House-passed bill dismantling the health care law… Now, nearly a dozen GOP sources say Cruz and Rubio are almost certain to support the bill that kills significant portions of Obamacare, though they hadn’t yet made their position official.”

“McConnell marshaled a secret weapon that ultimately would work in his favor: Anti-abortion groups.”

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