Even if the court rules against the president's major legislative accomplishment, he gets points for trying: 54 percent of voters describe the time and energy Obama spent on health care reform as a "worthwhile effort" -- even if it is invalidated. Forty-one percent see it as a "waste of time."
Most Democrats (83 percent) think it was a worthwhile effort, while most Republicans agree with Mitt Romney's view that it was a waste (73 percent). A 53-percent majority of independents give Obama credit for trying.
Overall, by an eight percentage-point margin, more voters disapprove than approve of the president's job performance on health care (51 percent disapprove, 43 percent approve).