Yes, he’s worried about health care. He’s worried about depending on Nancy Pelosi because Pelosi is worried about her job as speaker of the house, but the real reason that Obama didn’t go on his trip is because he has nothing to show for his first year as president and a demonstrated failure abroad would guarantee a failure on health care...and vice versa.
He also was supposed to visit Australia, one of our very most important allies. Now, this cancellation or delay inconveniences many people and sets back good relations. I have never seen such a klutzy foreign relations prezident in my life as this one. Our Asian ties are increasingly important, because we are competing with China for alliances in the area.