Obama's heath care speech confirms roll as "Great Communicator"

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President Obama is today's Regan: The Great Communicator.

When President Ronald Reagan was heading what would be called the "Reagan Revolution" I never missed a speech thinking as a liberal that he would make a misstep or some error in statement; instead I came away mesmerized. Today, Barack Obama, our 44th President officially hit that mark of The Great Communicator.

Obama took the heath care reform issue, seemingly on its death bed, and brought it back to superhuman life, promising to be the last president to have to take on the task of health care reform.

But most important, Obama combined fact, challenge, emotion, and appeal to reach out to Republicans and in a fashion that can only be described as "Kennedyesque" took on as his own the need to reform the malpractice insurance problem plaquing America.

Overcoming the scream of "You Lie" belched by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson (R - South Carolina) when the President said that no illegal aliens would get health care, Obama countered it's true and then seemed to gain thunder. "All are responsible here..No need to change coverage or doctors; keep what you have... Insurance can't deny you coverage because of a pre-exisiting condition.. They can't drop it when you get sick or water it down when you need it.. He went on and ticketed off point after policy point in a clear way that would make Reagan smile.

Obama then tipped his hat to Republican Senator John McCain (R - Arizona) when he said the reform program would make sure that Americans who had pre-existing medical conditions could get health care. McCain smiled and gave his signature thumbs-up.

Finally, Obama closed his speech by memorializing the late Senator Ted Kennedy, who championed heath care reform. In a segment of his speech that caused the room to go quiet, Obama reminded all that Kennedy wanted all Americans to have and be able to afford health care and reached out to those less fortunate than he.

And Obama made it clear that a "public option" was not an option.

In all, it was a speech right for the moment. Not quiet the high water mark of his speech on race or his first State of The Union speech, but close.

Very close.