PS (about the speech)

So...don't know if anyone watched the healthcare speech to Congress last night or not. I promise not to get too political in my blog, but I can't resist. I appreciate the bone President Obama threw Republicans in saying he was going to continue that President Bush program and look at medical malpractice lawsuit reform. My biggest question about the speech is simply this: He acknowledged at the very beginning that of the 5 committees in the House and Senate asked to produce bills, 4 have reported and the fifth will do so next week. He commended the work they've done on that. So, I don't understand why he is putting his ideas out there NOW. Why not BEFORE Congress did all this work? That's all.