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Mike Lee wants people to know that just because Kathleen Sebelius is on the way out at the Department of Health and Human Services doesn’t mean that Obamacare’s many problems are as well.

“This ultimately isn’t about the person; it’s about the policy,” the Utah Republican said to Fox News on Thursday. “Secretary Sebelius was in charge of implementing a very unpopular policy.”

He predicted that Sebelius’ expected replacement, Office of Management and Budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, faces a “tough road ahead of her” in getting her nomination through the Senate, especially among some Democrats facing reelection this fall.