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Oops... PAC Runs TV Ads Thanking Some Republicans For Repealing Obamacare

Hours after the GOP-led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed, a conservative-leaning group ran ads giving kudos to some members for keeping their promise to replace the health care law.
An advocacy group, American Action Network ran ads thanking some House Republicans for replacing the Affordable Care Act. The GOP-led repeal bill was pulled Friday because it didn't have the votes to pass.

Some basketball viewers on Friday night were subjected to television commercials that were guilty of peddling some alternative facts.

That's because in some markets with conservative-leaning districts, commercials aired praising some

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