lawyers for congressman peters wrote to television stations asking them to demand verification for the claims they made. senator harry reid pushed back on the senate floor, specifically calling out the koch brothers. >> a leukemia patient whose insurance policy was canceled, would die without her medication. mr. president, that's an ad being paid for by two billionaire brothers. it's absolutely false. >> some conservatives responded by accusing democrats of, quote, declaring war on cancer patients. and julie boonstra, herself, the cancer patient in the ad came out with another ad, titled "gary peters' war on a brave woman." >> when i heard congressman peters was going after my credibility, it was devastating. i just want congressman peters to help me. to listen to me. instead, he's trying to silence me. >> she also went on fox news to talk about how her insurance had been canceled and her obamacare plan was unaffordable.