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President Obama dared congressional Republicans today to campaign for repeal of the new health care law. “My attitude is, go for it!,” Obama told a cheering crowd in Iowa City, Iowa. “If they want to have that fight, we can have it!” The president also said he doesn't believe voters “are going to put the insurance industry back in the driver's seat. We've already been there — we're not going back!” House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a column written for Iowa's largest newspaper, wrote that the new law should be repealed and replaced because it gives government too much control over health care. The Republican lawmaker criticized higher taxes and more controls over doctors and Americans who are now required to buy health insurance. “Through repeal, we can do away with these job-killing mandates and replace them with affordable solutions to lower costs and cover Americans with pre-existing conditions,” Boehner wrote in the Des Moines Register. Obama delivered his speech in Iowa City, the same city where he outlined an initial health care proposal as a candidate back in 2007. Today's effort begins a months-long campaign to tour what Obama calls the many benefits of the 10-year, $938 billion plan he signed into law on Tuesday, “after a year of debate and a century of trying.” As the crowd began chanting “yes, we can,” Obama replied, “yes, we did.” He also told them, “this is your victory.” More @ link added by: Future_America