When the Senate Judiciary Committee gathered to consider Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, the big takeaway was her strong performance that left Democrats grasping at straws to try and discredit her. But another storyline was the extent to which Democrats turned the hearings into a pep rally for Obamacare.

Many speakers, including Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, ignored Barrett for long stretches of their question time, instead choosing to give speeches in front of poster-sized photos of children who have battled severe illnesses. When they boycotted the committee vote on Barrett, those photos took their places behind the dais. Democrats touted Obamacare’s requirement that insurers cover those with preexisting conditions and warned that a successful bid to have the courts strike it down would put the lives of such children at risk.