| The Republican Party and its allies funneled millions into TV ads last year accusing Democrats from Pennsylvania to Missouri of "gutting Medicare" and "hurting seniors" -- charges that compelled older voters to swing en masse toward the GOP. But now, as Republicans move to tackle the country's gaping debt, they are weighing changes to Medicare -- from higher premiums to spending caps -- that open them to the same attacks they leveled only months ago against Democrats over the health care law. |



