Obama is halfway on the road to success

As the vote has come to an end in the House of Representatives and the health care bill has passed, together with the reconciliation passing as well, we can say that we are 50% on our way to having “almost all” Americans health care coverage.
Is this bill perfect? Nothing ever is in life. For those of us who were uncertain about this ever happening, as we did not see President Obama fully committed to this cause, this is a great moment.
There are some people who should take credit in the congress for this happening, nobody as much as the speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi. She is a very shrewd politician.
But the number one person who should take credit for this is the president himself. He proved tonight that he is a leader. When everybody thought, including me, that he was not being forceful enough, that he was not campaigning seriously for this, ala Lyndon Johnson, he showed us that his style can be just as effective and successful as the one who passed Medicare and Civil Rights Act legislation 40 years ago.
Just a couple of months ago I wrote a blog questioning his credentials, today he proved me wrong. And I say this with great pride and joy, as many times we vote for our leaders without knowing enough about them.
Members of congress know that it took great courage to vote for this legislation because many of them in just a few months will have to face the voters, as the opposition will be saying that this bill as Armageddon, that it will destroy the economy. President Obama said something that is true, that legislators should vote what is good for the country and not what is good for them.
Is this bill going to do everything we wanted to? Time will tell. But it is time for the USA to lay the ground work for health care for everybody, like every other industrialized nations has, as health care is not a privilege like conservatives believe but a right. Now let the GOP run next November against Americans having health care.