His arrogance is irritating, but he is essentially correct.
Once this thing passes, the dominoes are going to start tumbling rapidly, and it is going to be extremely difficult if not impossible to repeal all of it. Particularly things like 26 year old “children” being covered on Dad’s policy, people at 150% of the new floating “poverty level” getting Medicaid, etc.
Till now the GOP has not shown the nads for cutting even completely useless Government like the Dept. of Education, so no chance they will yank Obamacare away from “the children” with tear-jerker SEIU attack ads running everywher.
In the past, I would agree with you. However, a new paradigm is coming into effect. In the past, these government programs have benefited many in the middle class because paying for the government programs were put of to future generations. So, many working people could go about their daily lives without feeling the impact of the legislation. Its easy to support what doesn't hurt you directly.
This legislation is aimed squarely at harming the middle class. It is not so much a health care bill as an income redistribution bill. I think the reason this bill, which started out with popular support, is hated by so many is the middle class instinctively recognize this fact. Add to this the facts that many in the middle class are already hurting (they may be employed, but their income has still been reduced by lack of overtime and concessions in wages and benefits, and the fact that there is no money to pay for these programs these government programs are likely to remain highly unpopular.
As for your hypothetical 26 year old - he or she just may become to the big government left in the upcoming years what the peace movement was to the right in the 60's.