Taibi sums up my feelings on the healthcare bill and the D's succinctly, here.
While he remains much maligned among a portion of the electorate, I have a healthy respect for President Bush. The guy barely won and came into office and did whatever he wanted. He didn't ask questions, he didn't placate congress he acted like he owned the place, and the rest of us were to shook to notice differently. Contrast that with Obama and the D's. The one thing I can say about DeLay and Bush they didn't play for friends.