"You know whats funny, is I bet this isn't far off from what we actually get from the news after all is said and done"
yeah, no kidding. You'll probably hear that line word for word in the 2012 prez debates. "Republicans in Congress like my opponent forced me to resort to the same move Reagan used to deliver the will of the people. I had to put the lives of our children before the partisan politics of washington DC... and I'd do it again!" - Obama, fall 2012 debates.
He gets to be a hero, bring Reagan into it, and paint his opponent (who voted and worked against it) as a real prick who hates children,.