Well, faced with his campaign commitment to broadcast the health care debates on C-SPAN, President Obama, through White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, derided the idea that such a thing was necessary or even wise. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. Cal.) talked about how open the closed door debates have been. This while C-SPAN practically begged to televise the debates. Maybe this is because the final debate to reconcile the House and Senate versions is to be done outside of committee, behind closed doors, hopefully in a smoke filled room.
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