With a historic vote to remake the nation's health care landscape planned for Sunday, it appears President Barack Obama is inching closer to a victory on the most important initiative of his young presidency.

On Friday, Rep. John Boccieri (pictured above), an Ohio Democrat, became the latest House member to switch his vote in favor of the 10-year, $940-billion legislation that will bring health care coverage to 30-million uncovered Americans.

So after more than a year of partisan wrangling, deal-making, name-calling and bare-knuckle politicking, President Obama and House Democrats are on the verge of a major victory for health care reform.

Boccieri said in a press conference on Capitol Hill that while the legislation isn't perfect, the 39,000 people in his Canton-area district who don't have health insurance deserve coverage.

Boccieri's vote switch follows that of two other Democratic House members, Rep. Bart Gordon of Tennessee and Betsy Markey of Colorado, who also announced they will vote for the package Sunday, after voting against the earlier version in November.

With Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich already stating his intention to vote in support of the proposal, it is clear that for the first time in months, with other Democrats positioned to change their earlier no votes, momentum on Capitol Hill is moving in favor of Obama and passage of the bill.

This is good news for America:

The final version of the health care overhaul bill will reduce federal deficits by an estimated $138 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office, which is non-partisan.

It will provide coverage to 32-million uninsured Americans and expand Medicaid insurance for the poor.

The bottom line is that while the legislation isn't perfect, it is better than doing nothing, which is what Republicans have wanted all along in opposing the bill.

President Obama has negotiated in good faith throughout the process. In fact, his efforts to make the bill more palatable to the GOP by removing the "public option" nearly cost him the liberal Democratic support he needs for passage.

If this process has shown us anything, it is that nothing is certain until the final votes are counted, but the changes of President Obama getting the 216 votes he needs on Sunday now look good.