Reply #415: I would be the first to say that opinions are not facts. But what I outlined aren't opinions.

[BzaDem]

Did the healthcare bill go far enough?

That is obviously a matter of opinion. How far is far enough to you? Your relative baseline will obviously affect your answer, and this baseline depends on your ideology and many other things.

Was the healthcare bill more progressive than the previous status quo?

That is not a matter of opinion. "Healthcare bill," "progressive," and "status quo" are all well defined terms, and have a single definition. There is (basically) a single correct answer to that question, not conflicting "opinions." It does not depend on your ideology, any relative baseline, or anything else.

Is it Obama's fault that we did not get a 1.5 trillion dollar stimulus bill?

Again, this is not a matter of opinion. It depends solely on what 60 Senators would have done. Some people might believe that Collins and Snowe secretly would have been willing to support such a bill, but assuming for the sake of argument that no one believes that, it is an objective question with an objective answer.