CLEVELAND — When it comes to mid-term elections, big doors can swing on small hinges, leading to wave elections. Former Senator Sherrod Brown knows the impact of wave elections; he won his seat in the Senate in 2006, and he's hoping to do so again 20 years later. The issue then was the war in Iraq; the issue next year is shaping up to be healthcare. Brown is holding a round-table discussion in Cleveland Thursday with those impacted by rising healthcare costs.

"You're going to hear stories in here that are horrendous," said one of the participants whose Affordable Care Act healthcare premiums shot up as a result of the expiring tax credits.

Brown, who is challenging Republican Senator Jon Husted, said it mirrors what he's heard across the state.

"I was talking to a business owner, a one-

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