Count me a Palin skeptic in terms of where she stands now (always right on the issues, but I'm not sure how strong on her ability to explain why) but this and the "death panel" thing are going to raise her in the esteem of the "independents" substantially. Here, she has taken on two separate, stupid, specific Obama policies and ripped them apart. She won the first round about the death panels.
If she can do this for three years, she can walk into the Oval Office.