awful job of defending the law. he was nervous. he was not well spoken. the argument got off to a very bad start for the administration. and it was really the liberal justices who carried the argument much more than the lawyer. >> that's cnn's very influential esteemed legal analyst jeffrey toobin on the day the obamacare lawsuit was argued at the supreme court in 2012. getting on cable news and blaming the lawyer from the obama administration who argued the case blaming solicitor general donald verrilli essentially for blowing it and blowing it in epic fashion. >> this was a train wreck for the obama administration. this law looks like it's going to be struck down. i'm telling you, all of the predictions, including mine, that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong. >> after the oral arguments in that case in 2012 the media take on that case was that