(CNN) It's just a 30-second spot, but it says everything you need to know about Democrats and 2018. Senate Democrat Joe Manchin, ambling through a field in hunting clothes, highlights what he calls a threat to West Virginia -- a lawsuit supported by his opponent that Manchin says would take away health care from people with pre-existing conditions. "He is just dead wrong, and that ain't gonna happen," says Manchin, who has often mentioned his knee replacement as a pre-existing condition during his re-election run. The ad closes as he hoists his shotgun and takes aim at a paper copy of the lawsuit. After two midterm cycles where they couldn't find their footing or a good message on the Affordable Care Act, Democrats are no longer running scared on Obamacare.

Source: CNN September 12, 2018 10:02 UTC