That's an interesting view that doesn't really reflect history or political reality. Do remember that the democrats lost their supermajority in the senate when Ted Kennedy died.
If democrats could have truly passed any version of the bill they desired, it would likely be a single-payer system or at bare minimum include the public option. Why didn't either of those come to be?
Also, when a party is actively lying, and has convinced almost 50% of their dimwitted backers that a new law is going to actively kill senior citizens, it's safe to lay some of the blame for the exclusion of that provision at the feet of that political party.
If democrats could have truly passed any version of the bill they desired, it would likely be a single-payer system or at bare minimum include the public option. Why didn't either of those come to be?
Also, when a party is actively lying, and has convinced almost 50% of their dimwitted backers that a new law is going to actively kill senior citizens, it's safe to lay some of the blame for the exclusion of that provision at the feet of that political party.