Lynn Forester de Rothschild: Americans are judging Obama by his record and not his rhetoric.

It is for this reason that so many Americans are uneasy about Obama's health-care plan. The promised benefits don't add up. It's just not possible for the government to simultaneously a) provide care for 30 million more people, b) not increase the budget deficit and c) allow anyone who is satisfied with their health care package to experience no change.

In repeatedly insisting that he'll deliver all three results at once, Obama has lost credibility: 80 percent of Americans polled said that his health-care reform will raise costs or diminish quality of care.