Republican runs against Republican Medicare plan

Screenshot of Rep. McKinley's Medicare/Social Security flyer (TPM) How unpopular is the Paul Ryan plan to end Medicare? Unpopular enough that one Republican is running against it. And running against the fact that it would preserve the cuts to Medicare Advantage that were included in the Affordable Care Act, those cuts that Republicans have been screaming about since 2009 and ran on in 2010.

In mailers to constituents, Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) echoes Democrats' concerns about the House GOP budget, authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).

'Congressman McKinley recently voted against the 2012 budget passed by the House because of the plan's negative impact on northern West Virginia seniors,' the mailers read. 'The plan would privatize Medicare for future retirees, raise the retirement age and keep in place the Medicare cuts included in last year's healthcare bill. The Congressional Budget Office determined the plan would nearly double out-of-pocket healthcare costs for future retirees.'

It's not like McKinley is from a particularly endangered district, either.
So if a Republican is running in a pretty safe district against his own party's cuts to Medicare, maybe it should be a major feature of Democrats' campaigns, starting from President Obama's campaign and on down the line.