The AP’s annual poll of U.S. editors picked Obamacare as the top story of 2013, followed by the Boston Marathon Bombing, and the Papal Transition.

The saga of “Obamacare” – as the Affordable Care Act is widely known – received 45 first-place votes out of the 144 ballots cast for the top 10 stories. The marathon bombing received 29 first-place votes and the papal transition 21.