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Robert Samuelson, writing in the Washington Post, explained in his latest editorial why he believes President Obama’s push for the unpopular health care reform legislation has nothing to do with the country and everything to do with his legacy.

Part of what Samuelson wrote:

Barack Obama‘s quest for historic health-care legislation has turned into a parody of leadership. We usually associate presidential leadership with the pursuit of goals that, though initially unpopular, serve America’s long-term interests. Obama has reversed this. He’s championing increasingly unpopular legislation that threatens the country’s long-term interests. “This isn’t about me,” he likes to say, “I have great health insurance.” But of course, it is about him: about the legacy he covets as the president who achieved “universal” health insurance. He’ll be disappointed.

Samuelson eloquently outlines how the president’s quest for a health care overhaul, in its present forms, will have devastating and dire consequences for our country.

But at least he’ll be remembered for generations to come.