Politics of Health Care Fight Prediction

I agree with David Frum, fellow at American Enterprise Institute (Conservative think tank) as reported in the New York Times:

"The political imperative crowded out the the policy imperative, and the Republicans have now lost both.....Politically, I get the 'let's trip up the other side, make them fail' strategy.   But what's more important, to win extra seats or to shape the most important piece of social legislation since the 1960's?   It was a go-for-the marbles approach.   Unless they produced an absolute failure for Mr Obama, there wasn't going to be any political benefit....When our core group discover that this thing is not as catastrophic as advertised, they are going to be less energized than they are right now."