interesting... yes, anyone who is out of work or living with reduced work (myself included) wants jobs FIRST and foremost.
but to play devils advocate (without being called a kneepadder)...
Is there any chance Obama is looking 10 years down the road? Does he believe that jobs will recover in 2 years or so... but if he doesn't get healthcare thru now, we'll be looking at a crisis on par with oil, housing, or economy (those we see now) a few years down the road?
Clinton could have drilled for oil domestically in 94... would have cost him his job in 96, but we wouldn't be dependent on mid east oil today.
Bush2 could have ENDED easy home borrowing in 2001-2002, and prevented the bubble blast we saw 5 years later... but his ass would have been voted out in 2004, no doubt.
maybe obama honestly believes the jobs will come... but if he doesn't change healthcare, the next repub sure won't.... and in 4 or 5 or 6 years... we'll have half the population without insurance.
Just food for thought.