Oh yeah they do
“The very first promise I made on this campaign was that as president, I will sign a universal health care plan into law by the end of my first term in office..."
Barack Obama said that on May 29, 2007 and he repeated it numerous times on the campaign trail. It's not like he just threw that in. He didn't sneak up on anybody and he crushed John McCain and Caribou Barbie by nearly 10 million votes. That's the poll that counted.
I told you so.