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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, stands with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., after giving him a rifle, on stage at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Thursday marks the first day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks onto the stage holding a rifle before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference at National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. Thursday marks the first day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. LLoyd Villas/The Washington TImes
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State Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma, consults with Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, during a Senate floor session Nashville, Tenn. on Thursday, March 6, 2014. The chamber later passed Kelsey's bill to require Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to seek legislative approval for any deal on Medicaid expansion in Tennessee. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, speaks during a Senate floor session in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, March 6, 2014, about his bill to require Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to seek legislative approval for any deal on Medicaid expansion. The chamber later passed the bill. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, speaks on the Senate floor in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Kyle opposed a bill ultimately passed by the chamber to require Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to seek legislative approval for any deal on Medicaid expansion in Tennessee. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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Raynard Jackson is president & CEO of Raynard Jackson & Associates, LLC., a Washington, D.C.-based public relations/government affairs firm.
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President Barack Obama talks with television hosts Jose Diaz Balart, center, and Enrique Acevedo, left, during a town hall event on the importance of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for Hispanic community, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama talks with television hosts Jose Diaz Balart, center and Enrique Acevedo, left, during a town hall event on the importance of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for Hispanic community, Thursday, March 6, 2014, at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama adjusts his earpiece during a town hall event with television hosts Jose Diaz Balart and Enrique Acevedo, far left, at the Newseum in Washington, Thursday, March 6, 2014. The event was broadcast in both English and Spanish languages and the earpiece provided the English translation for the question asked about the importance of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act for Hispanic community. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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EDS NOTE: NUDITY - Female activist members of FEMEN go topless during their anti-Putin, pro-Ukraine demonstration in New York's Times Square, Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The country's very first birthing center that doubles as an abortion clinic opened in Buffalo, N.Y. (Birthing Center of Buffalo)
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Surrounded by supporters, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, second from left, speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the governor's race with a news conference, Thursday March 6, 2014, on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. The Republican kicked off his campaign in the Bronx because the county has been "forgotten economically" by the nation, he said, and touted his Hispanic voter base in Westchester County. The Bronx is the state's only county with a majority Hispanic population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Surrounded by supporters, New York state gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino speaks, as he kicks off his campaign for the governor's race with a news conference, Thursday March 6, 2014, on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse in New York. The Republican kicked off his campaign in the Bronx because the county has been "forgotten economically" by the nation, he said, and touted his Hispanic voter base in Westchester County. The Bronx is the state's only county with a majority Hispanic population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
