Everyone's weighing in on the State of the Union address last night in which President Obama chose his words very carefully when discussing health care.

He called it "health insurance reform"-- not health care reform. And he was candid about the political drama that has unfolded since he championed overhauling the nation's health care system: "And by now it should be fairly obvious that I didn't take on health care because it was good politics," he said.

While the president didn't mention health care until 40 minutes into the speech, he made an impassioned plea to his party not to abandon the issue and practically begged lawmakers to try to see past their differences and get a bill passed, explains this AP story. He even pressed Republicans and other naysayers who don't like the bill, to come up with a plan of their own.

He admitted that he didn't do the best job selling reform to the public, but argued that without it, things will only get worse.

I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people.  And I know that with all the lobbying and horse-trading, the process left most Americans wondering, "What's in it for me?"

But I also know this problem is not going away.  By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance.  Millions will lose it this year.  Our deficit will grow.  Premiums will go up.  Patients will be denied the care they need.  Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether.  I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber

You can find the President's full remarks here.