Another thread here loads the dice for negative comments; here, it's bravo Obama ! He deserves it.
I think the compromise voted yesterday is quite good - in the circumstances - and do not want to wait another 37 years for a similar chance ( the period since the failed Ted Kennedy compromise in 1973)
A good assessment of its historic importance by E.J. Dionne:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/21/AR2010032102642.html