The description is a little misleading, since the health care reform that was just approved is a touch left of a Heritage Foundation proposal, which McCain supported, in 1993-4.
So McCain did do something about health care, he just did it 15 years too early.
Why bother fighting? Just wait for a couple years of this "corporate donations are protected speech" bullshit to take its toll. Then you can have all of the ineffective government you want.
I think what's interesting about this clip and pretty much why I submitted it, is that McCain openly courts the Tea Party people here by name-dropping them as a way of fighting back against the health care bill. So..I'm just interested to see where that association leads him.