While it will surpress TEA stuff (a little) it will also rob Obama of his one 'victory'. That, going into 2012, would dearly hurt him.
it will hurt Obama more if the Supreme Court rules Obamacare to be unconstitutional. Obama does not want this to go to the Supreme Court. the only way Obama can stop it from going to the Supreme Court is to repeal Obamacare or at least the mandatory insurance. Obama wants that to happen. and the media is going to help him spin it to sound like he never wanted mandatory insurance.