David Gergen actually said...

"No president has ever gotten it to a vote on the House or the Senate. And President Obama is about to get there."

"But if you're President Obama tonight, you can at least say this. We -- this country, under a variety of presidents, went back to the 1940s, have been trying to have national health care passed."

"But, you know, in politics, it -- all these things matter less. And when you are the incumbent and things start looking a little better, you claim credit, and you usually get it."

"But the danger for President Obama now is -- that there is another parallel. And that is -- that the Clinton plan started out as very popular but over time the support for it crumbled in the public."