Yes Sam, it seems that at a town hall meeting Obama seemed to imply that ALL talks would be televised publicly, and this was not done.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/517/health-care-reform-public-sessions-C-SPAN/ ---------- Some members have expressed trepidation about the tactics of Boehner and the tea party, especially after the House repeatedly voted on measures to block Obamacare that were summarily rejected by the Senate. "We tried it a couple of times. We were running out of time," said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), signaling his displeasure. "My issue there was, 'Guys, I don't see this progressing, let's switch strategy,'" he told reporters after House GOP leaders again decided against floating a clean bill Tuesday. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) suggested Tuesday that talks of that nature might give House leaders a way out of what another Republican senator, Bob Corker of Tennessee, called a "box canyon." "The House Republicans are looking for a way out of this because of the reaction of the American people, but they're also trying to preserve their position, and it's a very difficult situation for them," McCain said. "Hopefully, we can find something that would give some small satisfaction to our friends in the House that they could agree to." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
