(CNN) -- Navigating the political waters in her own family, says one ally, likely prepared Kathleen Sebelius well for the partisan cauldron she's now enduring in Washington over the rocky rollout of the Obamacare website. The embattled Health and Human Services Secretary was the daughter of a Democratic governor of Ohio, then became the daughter-in-law of a Republican Congressman from Kansas. Her husband is a federal magistrate. "You know, when you've got a father and father-in-law who are from different political parties, both outspoken. ... I think she learned a great deal from that and I think it has served her very well," says Ron Pollack of the healthcare advocacy group Families USA.
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Sebelius from prominent politcal family in Kansas
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Republicans ramp up calls for her to resign due to Obamacare website problems
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One ally says she is focused on consumers and patients
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As Kansas Governor, she tried to finance expanded health coverage through cigarette taxes
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