Updated: Thank you, Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI)

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Michigan Democrat taking Koch brothers head on over Obamacare
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024574970

That was quick:

GOP Senate Candidate 'Applauds' Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion

Terri Lynn Land, the presumptive Republican candidate for Michigan's open Senate seat backed off her prior support for full Obamacare repeal Thursday, with her campaign saying instead that she "applauds" the state's decision to expand Medicaid under the law.

“Terri believes that healthcare should be affordable and accessible to all Americans and that we as a society have a moral obligation to help those who are not as fortunate and their children," Heather Swift, a spokeswoman for Land, told the Washington Post. "Terri applauds Governor Snyder for doing what he believes is best for Michigan families, while complying with mandates from Congress brought down in ObamaCare."

Land had said in a radio interview earlier this month that she wants "to go down there and repeal Obamacare." Americans for Prosperity, a conservative super PAC that has been attacking her likely Democratic opponent, has also campaigned against Michigan's Medicaid expansion.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/terri-lynn-land-medicaid-expansion

Updated to provide background:

Greg Sargent interviewed Rep. Peters. In his piece about the interview, Sargent notes:

Asked for a response, a Land spokesperson said: “Terri sides with Michigan families, and they are hurting because of Congressman Peters’ deceptive tactics to sell ObamaCare. Michigan families deserve to know whether big banker Gary Peters sides with Harry Reid, who said on the Senate floor that Michigan families who are losing their doctor, losing their insurance plans, and paying higher prices are liars.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/02/27/how-americans-for-prosperitys-obamacare-attacks-could-backfire-on-gop/

The piece has an update at the end: "Terri Land responds at length."

From Sargent's subsequent piece:

* I reported earlier today that Terri Lynn Land, the GOP candidate for Senate in Michigan, might find herself in a tough spot once the Medicaid expansion kicks in there. Land supports full repeal, and Americans for Prosperity, which is spending huge money against Dem Gary Peters, is fighting the expansion in multiple states, but in Michigan, it is being implemented by GOP Governor Rick Snyder, and could benefit over 400,000 people.

I asked Land’s campaign whether she supports repealing the Medicaid expansion, in keeping with AFP’s agenda. Here’s the reply, via Land’s spokesperson, Heather Swift:

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/02/27/happy-hour-roundup-301/

The TPM piece above is about the response.

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1. Feeling the heat there, huh? Good news. n/t