In a new twist, it's Republicans finally embracing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act while the Democrats are shying away from it — at least in the nationwide campaign ads.

New Kaiser Family Foundation finds that the vast majority of Democrats are avoiding mentioning the PPACA in political ads, with just 15 percent of Democratic ads on health care issues including messaging on the law. Eleven percent of the ads endorsed the law, while 4 percent opposed it.

Meanwhile, the GOP is embracing negative perceptions of the law. Of Republican health care ads, 84 percent mentioned PPACA — all in a negative way. 

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