{Frankfort, Kentucky}...U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. Senator Rand Paul made a joint appearance at a tea party rally that drew some 400 people to the state Capitol in Frankfort Tuesday. McConnell continued his assault on federal health care reforms, promising again to push to repeal them if he becomes majority leader next year. McConnell said, if he's setting the agenda next January instead of Harry Reid, the repeal of Obamacare will be Job 1. Paul stood before tea party groups from across Kentucky to herald McConnell as the GOP’s champion against the Affordable Care Act, describing him as the most vocal opponent of the reforms in the Senate. The law will require nearly all Americans to purchase insurance beginning in 2014.
