A question

Will Barack Obama's presidency be a greater failure if the horrible health care insurance bill passes or is defeated?

Clearly, looking at it as pure politics (his only evident concern), passing a bill is success, not passing it, failure.

But since the main goal of reform was supposed to be reducing cost, its real effect will be a continuing transfer of wealth to the parasitic elements of the country, and a corresponding decline its economic health and competitiveness.

Failure, not a bug, but a feature of hope/change!