Democrats are making a big gamble ahead of the midterm elections and going all in on the fight for healthcare.

The party is aiming to make a comeback ahead of the midterm elections and betting that voters will remember how Democrats "fought for reducing healthcare costs" amid the ongoing government shutdown, Semafor reports.

Party leaders know what's at stake, and that the American public also doesn't have a long memory for shutdowns.

“If it seems about health care, then this will have been worth the effort. It’s unknown,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) told Semafor. “People hate shutdowns. And I hate shutdowns. So why are we doing it? It’s because, essentially, the whole Obamacare healthcare success we have is being unraveled.”

For many, likely, the public's attention span won't last long enough to remember the shutdown before they hit the polls.

“They’ll remember that we fought for health care and that we cared,” former governor and current Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) said. “No one wants it, especially someone like me who’s used to getting stuff done. It’s my choice of last resort … this seems like the only way we can get our voice heard.”

What people will remember is how Democrats pushed for lower healthcare costs and focused on maintaining ACA subsidies, party leaders argue.

“A year from now, people will remember Democrats fought to protect access to affordable health care while Republicans resisted it at every turn,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said. “No one in our caucus wants to see people lose health care. And that has provoked a willingness to fight back, that I haven’t seen in a long time."