The president should be speaking any minute now. I'm watching on CNN, whose incompetence is now a hilarious meme involving another great moment in political history.

9:15: Here he is! That was a victory strut to the podium if ever I saw one. Obama says "no accident or illness should lead to financial ruin." He derides people who are trying to politicize the Supreme Court's decision, and belittles the people looking for winners and losers.

9:16: He's listing the benefits of Obamacare, with too many to type here. Here's one: "They can no longer jack up your premiums without reason." He points out that 13 million Americans will be getting rebate checks this summer thanks to Obamacare.

9:17: President Obama points out more benefits for the young and old. "Now, if you're one of the thirty million Americans who don't have health insurance," he says you will have access to affordable health care by 2014. "Insurance companies will no longer be able to discriminate against any American." Women will no longer be charged more than men, etc.

9:19: President Obama admits he was against a mandate when he ran for office. He nods to Romney for leading the way, without mentioning him by name. "It should be clear by now I didn't do this because it was good politics," he says.

9:20: President Obama talks about a letter on the wall of his office that was sent by an American who was denied care when she needed it most. "The highest court in the land has spoken." Obama says we can't afford to re-fight the battles of two years ago, and we should move forward with implementing and improving the law. "It's time to move forward...today, I'm as confident as ever that when we look back five years from now or ten years from now or twenty years from now, we'll be better off."

9:23: And that's it. That was clear and concise and hit all the points it needed to hit. This speech is pretty much going to have to be incorporated into every single one of Obama's speeches between now and November: It explained the Affordable Care Act simply and directly. Compared to Romney, Obama looked presidential and detail-oriented, which is of course good news. He still needs to work on making those personal stories come alive—Bill Clinton could take a little detail like that letter on Obama's wall and turn it into a sweeping American epic that would make you want to cry and then offer redemption at the end—but this was a fine reintroduction of Obamacare into the political discourse. It didn't feel like showing off, it felt like he was trying to direct the conversation. That's exactly what a president running for reelection should do.