Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here. Leading Off: ' AZ-08: That new DCCC ad clearly did the trick, because Republican Jesse Kelly has now decided it's better to be known as a craven flip-flopper rather than a dystopian wrecker. You'll recall that the D-Trip slammed Kelly for statements he made when he ran for this seat last cycle, particularly his desire to see Social Security and Medicare "eliminated." Now Kelly's reversed course and has updated his website to say: "I support preserving, protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare. I do not support privatizing, eliminating or phasing out these programs in any way." Amusingly (and helpfully), Kelly's campaign is nevertheless denying that there's "been any change of position," which deprives Kelly of the chance to at least make a clean break with the past. In other words, this anvil is still tied as firmly around his neck as ever.
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