He already did that. It was quoted on the news the next day as well. The Republicans responded with: allowing insurance companies to cross state lines will make it more competitive and bring the costs down and make health insurance more affordable for all.

Great. So the next slogan is "Competition doesn't mean dumping or bankrupting people who get sick." Another easy serve for the media.

As for Medicare - he stated in his speech that he was not going to cut Medicare, but even his website had the plan listed as 600 billion in cuts.

Which is the trouble with trying to be so specific when your opponent is using bumper-stickers. He needs to hit the grandma button: Healthcare is going to cost more because we have made a commitment to look after our grandmas including the hundreds of thousands who reach the age of 65 every year, but my reforms won't add one extra cent to that.

To be fair, I think the majority of those against the healthcare bill are against the mandating of participation (in Obama's words: individual responsibility) and the spending. They don't believe it can be done without increasing the deficit and they think the deficit is so far beyond control that anything added to it will destroy this country.

Medicare costs are going to spiral anyway as the population ages. Blocking reform won't change that, which is why the grandma button is such a good one.