presidents couldn't. >> yes. >> in the middle of an economic -- >> yes, it was a huge bet. >> a bet many wanted to place somewhere else. >> he had half a dozen big domestic policy goals that were fighting for attention. >> the president of the united states. >> first, obama took his case to the very people he knew would try to kill it. >> let there be no doubt, health care reform cannot wait. it must not wait. and it will not wait another year. >> when we were discussing health care, he said, what are we supposed to do? put our approval rating on the shelf and admire it for eight years or are we supposed to draw it down and try to get things that are important done for the country? >> this was a unique alignment for the stars for one party. a democratic president, a big majority in the senate, a decent size majority in the house. >> knowing what he faced from the republican opposition, the
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