But if Pence seemed determined to win over Bevin, his effort to actually sell the health plan released last week by the White House and Republican Congress was a bit more lackluster. Standing before a crowd of more than 100 invitees at Harshaw Trane, an energy company here, Pence spoke for just over 20 minutes, reading from teleprompters a speech that felt as much like a generic campaign pitch as a genuine appeal for the health-care plan.