But what if he does get ObamaCare passed? He doesn’t need to pass another peice of legislation and he’ll go down in history just like FDR and Lyndon Johnson.
It’s all about the legacy. Bill Clinton doesn’t really have one other than NAFTA. Neither Jr. or Sr. Bush have much to show.
If the Court doesn't act, then we need to run a campaign in 2012 that is entirely premised on electing enough Republicans in Congress, and a President to roll it back. I'm not sure will be able to, given the GOP's horrible track record at undoing Democrat socialism.
Bottom line, the only safe thing is to defeat it, and pull out all the stops to do it. Remember McCain-Feingold? We had nothing to worry about because surely the court would strike it down? So Bush the lunkhead signed it. Eventually they did strike it down, but initially, they actually upheld restrictions on free speech. We can't count on anything from anyone. We can't count on free elections in 2010 and 2012. We can't count on Republicans to repeal if the do get control. We can't count on the Court.
Just defeat it now.