Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has drastically changed his tune about President Obama now that he's fighting to hang onto his seat in Congress. After years of calling for the president's impeachment and engaging in birtherism theories, Issa decided to make his latest campaign mailer about how "pleased" he is that Obama "has signed into law the Survivors' Bill of Rights — legislation that I cosponsored to protect the victims of sexual assault." And, as the icing on the cake, the mailer featured a picture of Obama — the man Issa called "one of the most corrupt presidents in modern time" — sitting at his desk in the Oval Office.
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