President Obama says he is "absolutely positive" he has made the right decisions on health care, financial reform and the stimulus bill. "I knew these things might not be popular," he tells Fox News Channel's Bret Baier, but he says he believes that in time he will be "vindicated in having made those tough decisions."

In an interview airing at 6 p.m. ET, Obama tells Fox that he's "confident" health care legislation will pass "because it's the right thing to do." He said he hopes the vote comes this week, possibly giving House members some wiggle room on the deadline, and he said he realizes that judgment day will come in November.

"Somebody who votes for this bill, they're going to be judged at the polls," Obama says. "And the same is going to be true if they vote against it."

What about judgment day for him? What about the impact on his presidency?

"If it doesn't pass, I'm more concerned about what it does to families out there who right now are getting crushed by rising health-care costs and small businesses who were having to make a decision, 'Do I hire or do I fix health care?' " he says. "That's the reason I make these decisions."

(Posted by Mimi Hall)