Trudy Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer, author of the "Worldview" column, opined in a piece several days ago (I just saw it reprinted today) that "A US president who failes on his signature issue -- health care -- won't have the strength and support to deal with new challenges by Islamists. He will be seen at home and abroad as seriously weakened. Yet neither party seems much bothered by this threat."
Insofar as I think Health Care is the important domestic issue of our day (after energy and global warming, at least), I nevertheless utterly disagree with this form of argument.
This is precisely the kind of argument that was put forth to squash dissent during the Bush administration -- support our President or you're supporting Osama, etc. etc., no matter what the issue. And it's just as false now as it was during the previous administration.