For a president who wants to get credit for freezing part of the budget he’s got lots of ideas for spending money. It is a laundry list to end all lists of government programs and activities. And finally after all that he insists we still need health-care. He says he didn’t choose to take it on to get some legislative victory under his belt. ( Can he say this with no hint of embarrassment?) He says he didn’t do it because it was popular. Well, it was more popular when he started. He takes a detour to thank his wife for taking on childhood obesity. (Which suggests that she was more effective than everyone else in the room.) He takes responsibility for not communicating better. It’s just a communication problem, you know. He — the great orator — couldn’t get it done? So he’s not walking away. Congress should get on with it. But only as “temperatures cool.” Sounds a little vauge. But now Congress, get to it. Sooner or later.