Shouldn't the Republicans take credit for Obamacare?

I want to see if I have this right…

The Republicans are all about personal responsibility and accountability, are they not? According to them, the poor choose to be poor and the government isn’t there to help them out, even when bad things happen through no fault or their own

The GOP had years to follow the wishes and needs of the voters by setting forth their own proposals to revamp healthcare in a fiscally responsible manner but they didn’t. Had they done so, it likely would’ve gotten some support from the other side of the aisle as at least a step in the right direction. Instead, they earned the reputation (deserved or not) of being lap dogs for Big Money, and they made a lot of rational, intelligent Conservatives look like idiots by association.

That attitude not only lost them the White House, and Congress, but did so in such dramatic fashion that the Democrats had a supermajority in the Senate and thus could pretty much do as they damned well please.

If the GOP is true to their ideology, then shouldn’t they accept responsibility for losing power in the first place? After all, those that are uninsured, unemployed, and homeless got their by their own bad decisions (according to many Neo-conservatives)

And if they really didn’t want something as dramatic as the recent reforms, why didn’t they do anything back when they did have power in order to placate the voters and the Dems so as to steal the thunder?

In short, did the GOP drop the ball on this one, and shouldn’t they just suck it up and get back to governing our nation instead of fanning the flames of partisan warfare? Can’t they just dial it back a notch and become a true force for good instead of acting like a bunch of fanatics and/or 4 year olds?

I would like to hear other people’s thoughts on this. I would like to know if I have an accurate picture of the situation.