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A conservative group is readying a statewide ad campaign that attacks Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for failing to back the push to defund President Obama's signature health care law, even if that means shutting down the government.

In a fundraising e-mail to supporters Friday, the Senate Conservatives Fund its backers that it needs to raise $50,000 in the coming days (because) it wants McConnell to "feel the heat."

The Senate Conservatives Fund, which was created by former Sen. Jim DeMint, who now runs the Heritage Foundation, has not endorsed in the McConnell race but has flirted with backing his challenger. The group spent millions on the 2012 elections.

"This issue is a major test for Mitch McConnell, and he has failed conservatives time and time again," Hoskins said. "And if he fails them again on this issue—the most important issue—then I think a lot of people in Kentucky and across the country are going to want an alternative."

Leaders of the drive to defund Obamacare, by voting against any government funding bill that includes money for the law, include Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida, as well as McConnell's fellow Kentuckian, Sen. Rand Paul. Many in Congress have said it is not a feasible tactic, and the GOP would likely get the blame for a government shutdown. McConnell recently said a shutdown would not stop the law. http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/conservative-group-mobilizes-a
gainst-mcconnell-on-obamacare-20130816

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