President Obama spent most of the first 14 months of his adminstration pushing his signature national health care legislation into law. It is not only the single biggest accomplishment of his presidency, but a historic one. As we were reminded time and again, national health care was something that had eluded presidents dating back to Teddy Roosevelt a century ago. And despite its unpopularity at the time of passage, despite Obama’s promises that he would defend the law vigorously, here’s what he had to say tonight when the nation was watching: