Obamacare Was Not Passed Via Reconciliation | Mother Jones

...I know this is an easy mistake to make, but I'm pretty sure Obamacare was passed over the unanimous objection of the minority party, the Democrats having won a massive, landslide victory in 2008. They figured this gave them a mandate to carry out the promises made during the campaign—silly, I know, since only Republicans have mandates—and they proceeded to do just that....
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/obamacare-was-not-passed-reconciliation