Just the opposite. When Roberts rewrote the law (twice) it truly became SCOTUScare. He owns it, lock, stock and barrel now, and when it shudders to an ignominious halted heap, it will be the fault of 6 black robed houdinis.
I think thats why Scalia made the SCOTUSCare comment, and I think it validates my point.
Given that he knows better than anyone not on the Court what Roberts’ underlying motivations are, saying that was a direct shot at the “this is YOUR mess, we won’t be responsible for what it does” mentality that I see pretty clearly in Roberts’ opinion.
Chances are Roberts’ beliefs on this will be bourne out, IMHO. When the thing collapses, SCOTUS can absolve itself by saying “look, we took Congress and the President at their word that their motivations were pure”