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President Obama's reelection campaign on Thursday launched a new website that leaves no doubt he intends to stand behind healthcare reform as a signature accomplishment of his first term. 

Obama chose not to mark publicly the second anniversary of the healthcare reform legislation, which arrived a few days before the Justice Department will begin defending the constitutionality of the bill when the Supreme Court hears arguments on it next week. 

The move sparked speculation that the White House was distancing itself from the bill, as well as crit! icism from the Republican National Committee that Obama no longer wanted to "own" the legislation. 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) mocked the White House's decision not to "celebrate" the two-year mark by sending out a satiric press release noting the White House marked the six month and one-year anniversaries. 

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