You do not navagate a Healthcare Bill as far as he has without street smarts.
He has brought health care reform closer to a reality than Carter, Regan, Bush, Clinton and Bush.
He did it by working the street and compromising.
The bill is not perfect but it is heading in the right direction.
Who's navigated this bill???? It certainly hasn't been obama. The Senate threw everything against the wall to see what would stick.
Obama let congress work untill they stalled and he came in and provided the leadership when it appeared they could find a compromise to move forward.
Without his leadership it would not have happened.
The far left Democrats vowed they would not vote for a bill that did not have a government option. With Obama's leadership they did vote for a bill without a government option.