Obama's Good and Bad News

The overwhelmingly good news for Obama is that his Health Reform has been deemed constitutional and may save his presidency. The bad news is that Judge Roberts, the conservative justice who surprisingly sided with the reform, basically pointed out that the only reason it is constitutional is that it can be called a tax...and people don't like when president's raise taxes after saying they will not.

"I'm sure they'll nail us on taxes and I'm sure it will work," said a senior White House official speaking on condition of anonymity. "But, given the alternative, that's a bitter pill I'm ready to swallow."

If you want the health care reform, you have to hope a majority of other people are as willing to say they'll take a tax hike over no health reform as this white house official is....
http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/2012/06/roberts-labels-obama-a-tax-rai.php