it s been a week of major rulings at the supreme court, culminating with the most anticipated decision in more than a decade, health care reform. chief justice john roberts caught many observers off guard by siding with the four liberal justices to uphold president obama s signature accomplishment. cnn s kate balduan begins our coverage. kate, this was a ruling that went against conventional wisdom. i would absolutely say so, candy. it was a bombshell ruling with the chief justice, as the swing vote joining the court s more liberal justices in the majority narrowly upholding the main provisions of the president s health care law. the justification for that is what surprised many court watchers. the court justice writing for the majority that the mandate was unconstitutional, under the commerce clause, really rejecting the argument that the obama administration and congress stood behind the most. instead, the majority said the law was upheld under congress s power to tax, a
room . all eyes on the supreme court expected to issue its ruling on thursday on president obama s signature first-term achievement, health care reform. it s a hot topic on the2007 supporting president bush s use of the same authority. that s right. and with the supreme court case on health care reform expected to come down on thursday, joe, i think it s going to get a lot hotter. jim acosta, thanks so much for that. appreciate it. now we re just going to get a little more on this with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. the candidates argue over the economy and who has a better plan for the future. when you start looking at the water s edge, it gets more complicated. it is very complicated. it s very difficult when you re president to talk about how the rest of the world effects us. because you don t want to look like you re whining. you don t want to look like you re assigning blame elsewhere. but having said that, the truth of the matter is that what s g