Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act solidified both presidential campaigns' health-care talking points, with President Barack Obama's supporters encouraged by an election-year victory and Mitt Romney's backers more determined than ever to repeal "ObamaCare."

While the decision itself is momentous, it doesn't change what either campaign is likely to say about health care policy in America, some observers said.

"The court's decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act means that health care will probably remain a secondary issue in the upcoming election," said Larry J. Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

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"It helps Obama," said David A. Bositis, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington think tank focused on issues affecting people of color.

Bositis said if the Obama campaign is smart, it will use popular provisions of the bill in its political advertising.


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