Outrageous Statement of the Day

8 of them in fact!!! Well, it may not be an outrageous statement, but it IS outrageous to claim that these 8 campaign promises are being met.

According the analysis done by the McClatchy newspaper group (left-leaning if anything) the vast majority of negotiations on health reform have been held behind closed doors. These include two agreements with the drug industry and hospitals to reduce costs over the next 10 years. In Congress, some of the committee bill writing sessions have been open, but most of the negotiations are also taking place behind closed doors. While that is not uncommon in the Congress, it does fly directly in the face of Obama's campaign promises.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told the McClatchy reporters that Obama "has demonstrated more transparency than any president," but that "I don't think the president intimated that every decision putting together a health care bill would be on public TV."

Maybe not every decision, but he made it clear that he wanted negotiations, especially with those representing the for-profit health care industry, to take place in the open. Now, this week C-Span is actually having to publicly beg the White House to live up to the Obama promises.

Watch and enjoy.