So, Senator Tom Carper just admitted to the PhRMA/WH deal.

Wednesday, September 23rd at 1:57PM EST

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For those who don’t remember, the White House traded an $80 billion cap in costs with PhRMA in exchange for $150 million in pro-health care rationing advertising buys, then claimed that they didn’t do any such thing. Except that now Senator Carper’s committed the classic Kinsley gaffe: inadvertently telling the truth in Washington by admitting matter-of-factly that such a deal apparently took place.

Oops?

(The logo’s blurry, so: video shamelessly ripped off of FireDogLake, who shamelessly ripped it off themselves from C-SPAN.)

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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That's ok.

NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:26PM EST (link)

When they ask Charlie Gibson about it, he’ll just laugh and say he hadn’t heard anything about that and it’s not really news anyway.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill

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Finrod (Diary) Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:33PM EST (link)

Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?

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jimmuy8 (Diary) Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:36PM EST (link)

our very own Trisha Takanawa files an in-depth report.

Seriously, indeed!

Jackal4444 (Diary) Wednesday, September 23rd at 4:28PM EST (link)

I’m not a lawyer, much less one specializing in campaign finance rules and regulations, so I’d like to know from the experts: Is there a violation of law here? If so, can/should Republicans filibuster further health care discussions within the Senate Finance Committee until the question of whether or not massive government corruption was committed is resolved?

Just so I get it straight...

skorrent1 (Diary) Wednesday, September 23rd at 6:32PM EST (link)

The government can cut a deal with Pharma so they will spend 150mil on favorable ads for Obamacare, and that’s ok. But Humana sends out a negative mailer to their own company’s customers and get hammered by HHS. Chicago thugs at work!!