Conservative group drops image of Obama from ad

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents whose children were killed in a Colorado theater shooting on Wednesday demanded a conservative group stop running ads featuring an image of Democratic Sen. Mark Udall visiting a hospital where other victims were recovering.

Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, included images of Udall and President Barack Obama visiting survivors of the 2012 shooting in Aurora, Colo. The ad’s message was about the Democrats’ national health care law but included the photograph of the somber politicians.

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