i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me. that was the death knell for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone. political capital spent, and barack obama was staring at a likely defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill. across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom yes, we will. freedom. and he made more concessions, giving up the public option,
it was, after all, massachusetts. but suddenly, a republican named scott brown was surging. i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me. that was the death nail for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone. political capital spent, and barack obama was staring at a likely defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill. across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom.
that was the death nell for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone, political capital spent and barack obama was likely staring at a defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom. yes, we will. freedom. and he made more concessions, giving up the public option, which would have created a government insurance program that would have competed with private companies.
somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill. across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom. yes, we will. freedom. and he made more concessions, giving up the public option, which would have created a government insurance program that would have competed with private companies. we ended up having to wrestle this thing to the ground in a way that was less than ideal from my perspective. finally, march 21, 2010. on this vote, the ayes are 219, the nays are 212. the motion to concur in the senate amendment is adopted. for decades, they ve been
but suddenly, a republican named scott brown was surging. i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me. that was the death nail for health care because he was the 60th vote. a year of his presidency was gone. political capital spent, and barack obama was staring at a likely defeat. there are people who think that if obama had been more of a schmoozer that maybe people like you were too partisan that somehow he needed to reach out. just one golf game away from singing kumbayah. give me a break. desperate, obama changed gears. first, he apologized to the country. i take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the american people. then he barnstormed for the bill. across america and in congress. i may not be the first president to take up the cause of health care reform. i am determined to be the last. yes, we will. freedom. yes, we will. freedom. and he made more concessions,