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Obama Campaign Vow of Public Debate on Health Care Fading

Thousands rallied outside the Capitol to show their support for revamping the nation's health care system, June 25, 2009, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Councill / MCT)

WASHINGTON - Campaigning for president, Barack Obama said repeatedly that any overhaul of the health care system should be negotiated publicly and televised for all to see. Throughout this year's negotiations, however, the big deals have been struck in secret.

With tax increases and limits on what's covered among the possible ways of offsetting perhaps $1 trillion over a decade in expenses, neither the administration nor Congress is willing to give up its right to do the most sensitive talking in private, as it's always been done.