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With the elections less than one week away, ads making claims about the health law are flooding the airwaves. Many Democrats continue to not mention health reform, while Republicans criticize the law as too large, too expensive and intrusive into Americans' lives.

Many politicos say the current political landscape would be very different if President Obama would have shifted his legislative priorities to put the economy in front of health reform. But would it really?

Three top pollsters - two Democrats and a Republican - have very different takes on what impact the health law will have on the election.

Former Kennedy staffer says GOP will back off talk of repeal after the election.

As emotions run high over the new health law, older voters' concerns about Medicare cuts could be a deciding factor in Florida's 2nd Congressional District. Reporter Marilyn Werber Serafini travelled to north Florida to talk with seniors and discovered some angry voters, including one woman who changed political parties because she doesn't like the Democrats' health law.

Jackie Judd checks in with Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader and a senior, informal, advisor to President Obama during the health debate. He talks about the challenges facing the administration now, including walking the line between the "pragmatic and idealistic" and about how to respond to the many requests for waivers from complying with the law. Daschle has a new book about the new debate: "Getting It Done."