President Obama was part of the process

President Obama on Feb. 9. told White House reporters that the public is rejecting the process that created the Democratic healthcare package, not the package itself. His words indicate (read the transcript for yourself at the White House web site) that he considers himself to be aloof from the horse trading and payoffs that molded the bill. In fact, he was a considerable cog in that legislative wheel, hosting meetings and essentially committing to sign any legislation that crossed his desk, no matter how odious.
He also suggests that Amercians would embrace the legislation if they were not distracted by the politics that created it. The inference here is that Americans do not understand the bill's contents. Let's put aside the point that there yet is no final bill. My view is that Amercians do in fact understand the essentials of the legislation and are unconvinced it will curb costs without reducing quality. Great Recession nothwithstanding, they maintain more trust in the market's availability to supply goods at a reasonable cost than in the government's ability to do the same.