zz, I love ya, but the only people calling this a success are politically driven or keying into one specific area and ignoring many others.
"Shallow and specious is the politically-driven concept that brought this case before the highest court in the land. It is absurd to say the U.S. Constitution does not allow passage of a law... "
Yet, it does not. It just doesn't matter what you want or believe. The Constitution explicitly states - its not up for debate - that the Federal government cannot compel any citizen to purchase anything. Its just one of those pillars of freedom thingies.
Its too bad for those of you that believe health care at any cost is just too important. Health care can be done easily without shredding the Constitution. Its just that idiots that passed this law were not as concerned about healthcare as they were other things.