Barack Obama speaks after the the supreme court's decision today.

News on Top What was interesting is that Obama – for the first time in a while – offered an unapologetic defence of the healthcare reforms. That's going to make for a different approach in the presidential campaign.

12.19pm: Obama says: "It should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it would be good politics." You can say that again.

12.15pm: And on time for a change, here's President Obama speaking from the White House.

"Whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country," says Obama, who is going to take this as an opportunity to talk up his healthcare reforms. Could this change public perceptions?
Obama runs through the various benefits of the law, including the ban on pre-existing conditions, the extension of parental health insurance to children aged under 26 and so on.

11.56am: Mitt Romney is now speaking, and vows: "What the court did not do in its last day of session, I will do on my first day as president."

While the supreme court upheld the law, "what they did not do is say that Obamacare is good law or good policy," Romney says.
"Our mission is clear: if we want to replace Obamacare, we have to replace President Obama.