Politics
President Barack Obama winning profile restored by health-care ruling
President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File
If Barack Obama risked his presidency on passing his health-care reform law, persevering in the face of a groundswell of opposition and the rise of the Tea Party, it was in part to secure his own place in history.
On Friday, President Obama woke up to newspaper front pages from across the country saying he had done just that. Thursday’s Supreme Court verdict upholding his legislation gave new legitimacy to the President’s effort to provide health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. Editorials underscored the historical significance of moment.
For any President, particularly one seeking re-election in four months, it does not get much better. Now, Mr. Obama looks like a winner – prescient, gutsy and back on track to become the transformational president he bragged, in 2008, about wanting to become.
