Actions speak louder than words

For someone who is seeking the highest office in the country, who is trying to be the post-racial black candidate, Obama has not done a good job of showing that he can talk truth to power, especially when it comes to close, personal friends. If he, or Hillary for that matter (this is not just an Obama-bash), feel so strongly about universal health care, why don't they introduce a bill in the Senate? We all know it won't go anywhere, but the act itself would be a sign they are serious about the issue.