Obama declares "referendum" with the election of a State election????

Here is a clip from the coverage of his talk at a fund raiser yesterday:

Obama cheered the special-election victory of Florida Democratic state Sen. Ted Deutch in Tuesday's special election to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Robert Wexler. It was the first House election since passage of his controversial health care bill and Obama noted that commentators viewed the election as a referendum on that legislation or on Obama himself.

"And it was!" he said.

He certainly has a way with words....in my opinion it should have been a throw away comment....but he didn't think so. Words!!!!!!!!! Powerful or not....appropriate or not...correct or not...doesn't matter...eh?

btk