South Carolina Congressman James "Jim" Clyburn speaks during a South Carolina delegate breakfast for the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, Wednesday morning, 9-5-2012.

South Carolina's only Democrat in Congress implored the party faithful Wednesday to defend and promote President Obama's health care reform law.

"Do not be afraid to use the term Obamacare,' " said Rep. Jim Clyburn of Columbia. "You should be proud of Obamacare. I don't care what folks say."

Clyburn addressed South Carolina Democrats in Charlotte Wednesday, the day after other speakers at the party's national convention also used and celebrated Obamacare.

Republicans have long used "Obamacare" as a derogatory term for the president's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

But Democrats sought to reclaim that word at their national convention, embracing the term and making yet another push to popularize the law Obama signed in March, 2010.

First lady Michelle Obama made the case for health care reform in her speech Tuesday night.

"When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president," she said. "He didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically. No, that is not how he was raised. He cared that it was the right thing to do."

Speaking after Clyburn, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's grandson also touted Obamacare.

"I love to call it Obamacare," said Jim Roosevelt. "It is something we should be taking credit for."

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