I assumed that the president would treat this bill signing as his predecessors had done with major legislation — opportunities to emboss the stamp of history on a signal achievement.
In my Morning Must Reads I suggested the president would play up the benefits to the weak and infirm and place himself in the mainstream of Democratic presidents, solemnly signing with past presidents and their descendants on hand.
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