House GOP Leader John Boehner on Obama’s C-SPAN problem:

Something as critical as the Democrats’ health care bill, with its Medicare cuts and tax hikes, shouldn’t be slapped together in a shady backroom deal. The American people simply won’t stand for it. And President Obama knows that, which is why he pledged during last year’s campaign that such negotiations would take place in public, on C-SPAN. In the same spirit, Rep. Vern Buchanan has introduced a resolution requiring the negotiations be public. But now it seems that Washington Democrats plan to ignore the President’s commitment, and Speaker Pelosi is even laughing about it. Let’s be clear: skipping a real, open Conference would shut out the American people and break one of President Obama’s signature campaign promises. It would be a disgrace – to the Democratic Leaders if they do it, and to the President who broke his word. That’s no laughing matter.