No, not at all. This case is another example of how the GOP has a terrible track record in getting their message across.
Most people misunderstand the Congressional action. The GOP must improve getting the message across. If they had, the polls most likely wouldn't be 70-30 in favor of the morbid position.
It simply isn't good enough to say that people don't understand the issues. It is incumbent on us to communicate them better. The truth is that 1. people don't understand what Congress did, and 2. there is nothing that suggests they will.
It's not about solving this problem - we lost this one. You can't solve a problem once the game is over and it's an 'X' in the loss column. The lesson is that we need to communicate the issues better.
That would go a long way towards addressing future problems.