celinda lake, president of the democratic polling firm, lake research partners, stephanie shriak, president of emily's list, and maya wiley, founder and president for the center for social inclusion. on friday, president obama delivered an important white house address in defense of the signature achievement of his administration, the affordable care act, likely to be one of the primary issues of the 2014 campaign. the president made his remarks to a room full of women and the very first constituency he thanked were moms. he then asked them to help him to fight attempts to derail the affordable care act. >> thanks to women in this room and all across the country, we've worked really hard and it's been now more than three years since congress passed the affordable care act and i signed is it into law. and for those of us who believe that every american deserves access to affordable, quality health care have an obligation to now make sure that full implementation moves forward the way it needs to. >> the president's political appeal to mothers came not just two days before mother's day, but a

celinda lake, president of the democratic polling firm, lake research partners,