You are not even in the same conversation.

The "deals" he made are the ones made "privately" during the putting together of OBAMA CARE. They sure did not come out in 2009 which is the date of your link.

It is beginning to come out. I will link you to TWO sites. First is a site that reports stuff like this in our language and the second is the actual report from the HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE...albeit a Republican controlled committe but facts are facts I would say....

This is from this month...May of 2012

"The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a press release today, concerning the many back-room deals that helped push ObamaCare upon an unwilling populace:

In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama repeatedly made promises to usher in an era of transparency, “put an end to the game playing,” and broadcast health care negotiations on C-SPAN. However, in 2009, a series of conflicting media accounts documented efforts by the authors of the health care law to make an agreement or series of agreements with health care industry stakeholders to squelch opposition and generate support for the legislation. These meetings and negotiations with various outside interest groups were never made public, and many members of Congress – from both parties – were not a part of those negotiations.

House Energy and Commerce began looking into these little “deals” back in February 2011. Today’s release highlights a secret deal between the White House and PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of America.

It was widely known that PhRMA was brought on board to support ObamaCare, but it has always been portrayed as an understanding reached between pharmaceutical industry lobbyists and the Senate Finance Committee. The extent of the White House’s involvement was kept under wraps, but according to the House committee’s new briefing memo, it appears to have included efforts from then-Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel and Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina.:"

"Messina eventually grew angry that PhRMA CEO Billy Tauzin was reneging on their end of the agreement, because he sent an email to the association’s top lobbyist that said, “What the hell? This wasn’t part of our deal.” They must have ironed out their differences, because two months later ObamaCare got through Congress, and the rest is (grim) history.

Precisely what was included in “our deal,” as the Deputy White House Chief of Staff called it? The House Energy and Commerce Committee promises to lay out the details “in the coming weeks,” along with discussing “how the full details of this agreement were kept from both the public and the House of Representatives.”

This obfuscation was quite deliberate, as an email between White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy Ann DeParle and a PhRMA representative makes clear. In the email, DeParle muses, “I think we should have included the House of Representatives, but maybe we never would have gotten anywhere if we had.”

The ObamaCare drug deal - HUMAN EVENTS

Now, as you can see there was some monkey shines going on and they have been digging and digging trying to find out what went on because DESPITE WHAT OBAMA SAID THIS ENTIRE LAW WAS DONE IN SECRET...and I suppose in years to come we will find out more.

Now, if you want to read the actual report...this will link you to it...

"http://energycommerce.house.gov/media/file/pdfs/20120516Obamacaredeals.pdf

I am sorry...you are not going to be able USING FACTS to make him an honest man !!!!!


PS...YOUR LINK IS NOT THE DEAL THAT POSTERS REFER TO....WE REFER TO THE BACKROOM AND SECRET ONES LIKE THIS