IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- How To Pass Health Reform: Play Small Ball

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- How To Pass Health Reform: Play Small Ball: "President Obama is staking the success of his health care plan on his personal popularity with a prime time address to the nation on Wednesday. House Democrats will be cheering him on and encouraging him to double-down in his support for a public plan option.

For Obama, this is the wrong message and a big gamble. He won the election by promising to govern from the center but has let Congress tack hard left on key issues from the stimulus to global warming.

The backlash at town hall meetings and tea parties this summer is evidence that the president needs to reach out to moderates and conservatives and scale back his health care ambitions. This may not be Obama's Waterloo — the Democrats have the votes to ram legislation through Congress — but it might turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory.

Playing the blame game has been the administration's favorite tactic of late, but the administration's wounds are self-inflicted. The president's initial approach — letting Congress draft bills based on White House 'principles' — has backfired badly."

No health care with any government interference. Thats what I want, allow all insurance companies to compete across state lines nationally. This will bring down the cost and bring up the level of care. they will have to compete to get business.