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It doesn't matter whether Obama wrote the bill himself or not. It's "his" because he (and most of his party) represents it, and in the minds of voters, that's all that matters. People voting for his re-election aren't going to take points off because he didn't make it all up himself. It matters [to them] more that he supports the ideology behind it.
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Let's be clear: what is more important than the public's perception of the bills origins is the actual origins of the bill. Most of the public shouldn't be allowed to vote, but that's another subject.
Obama not only didn't "make it all up himself", he didn't help write it - at all. All he did was lay out was his goals for healthcare reform, and these goals were incredibly vague.
Asking for legislation that would create universal coverage is completely different from crafting it oneself.
To say Obama's approach was the same as, or even similar to, that adopted by the Clintons when they tried to reform healthcare misses the point. Obama deferred to Congress so as to distance himself from the legislation and make passing it more politically viable; that is a far, far cry from the level involvement & passion demonstrated by the Clintons.