It's impossible for republicans to sound honest or reasonable after lying about Obamacare for seven years and working hard to prevent its success while making promises that are impossible to keep. The republicans trash the individual mandate even though it was originally a republican idea that is vital holding down premiums, and they say Obamacare still doesn't cover enough people even though their own reforms would take coverage away from tens of millions. It was the decision by the republican Supreme Court to allow states to opt out of federally-funded Medicaid expansion, which many republican-controlled states quickly did, that left millions of people in those states with no coverage. Given their track record, the republicans can't honestly claim to care about affordability for everyone or the quality of coverage, and smart voters know it. Gardner may deserve civility but he doesn't deserve the voter's respect - or their votes.