The ACA was one of the most openly debated piece of legislation in history. It went on for pointless months as Obama desperately tried to find one reasonable Republican willing to vote for a Republican healthcare plan. Of course he failed.

As for Obama "bribes": a) Passage was complicated by relentless Republican demagoguing (anybody remember "death panels"?) that threatened some red state legislators, and b) your complaint is that there is politics in politics?