Power Line - Quid Pro Quo

Power Line - Quid Pro Quo: "We noted here that the drug companies intend to spend $150 million--more than the McCain campaign's entire television advertising budget--on ads supporting Obamacare. Today on CNN, Wolf Blitzer asked Linda Douglass whether the ad campaign was part of the deal that the drug companies struck with the Obama administration:

...[SERIES OF REPEATED QUESTIONS BY WOLF BLITZER TO LINDA DOUGLAS ABOUT WHETHER PhRMA LOBBY AGREED IN WHITE HOUSE NEGOTATIONS TO DROP A COOL $150M IN TV ADVERTISING FOR OBAMACARE]...

BLITZER: So is part of the deal that they would support this legislation, go forward with $150 million in advertising?

DOUGLASS: You know, Wolf, part of the agreement here is that we're all going to work together to bring comprehensive health reform. I mean, clearly, the pharmaceutical industry said we are going to support comprehensive health reform. And that's what they're doing.

I guess that's a yes. This is beyond Astroturf; this is a veritable Jurassic Park of fake foliage."

Didn't candidate Obama say there wouldn't be any closed door meetings in the White House on big issues like health care? Didn't he say they'd be broadcast on C-SPAN? Another campaign promise broken.