The Big Lie

"We will have a public, uh, process for forming this plan. It'll be televised on C-SPAN....It will be transparent and accountable to the American people." -- BHO, November 2007

"That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors (emphasis added), but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are, because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in this process." -- BHO, Janyary 2008

"These negotiations will be on C-SPAN..." -- BHO, Januayr 2008

"We're gonna do all these negotiations on C-SPAN so the American people will be able to watch these negotiations." -- BHO, March 2008

"All this will be done on C-SPAN in front of the public." -- BHO, April 2008

"I want the negotiations to be taking place on C-SPAN." -- BHO, May 2008

"We'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who is, who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies." -- BHO, August 2008

"We will work on this process publicly. It'll be on C-SPAN. It will be streaming over the Net." -- BHO November 2008