Now, now... I was a bit snarky but there's an actual point in there.

You can either have a public debate, a public forum, and cameras in front of you, or you can elect not to. Most of what's happened so far has taken place in front of a camera that nobody is watching, let's not kid ourselves. If closed-door negotiation isn't your cup of tea (and quite honestly I like to have these people on the record with their ideas) then why not have a public summit, televised, so we can get all our naughty parts out in the open. This is a fairly centrist or even center-right country, no one is going to buy it if the Democrats don't let the Republicans have their say. This is what they've wanted, is it not, to be heard? Didn't we just listen to Sarah Palin lecture us about "stop lecturing, and start listening?".

Well, here it is. And to have several GOP leaders shy away from it just strikes me as more of the same two-faced rhetoric. Getting what you ask for shouldn't be a surprise or a bad thing, and you should be prepared to follow through. Where is the follow through? The only thing I see them following through on is their naked promise to obstruct Obama, no matter what. They've been consistent on that, even when he's proposing one of their own ideas.

This thread isn't about the nitty gritty of healthcare, or the Obama administration. I'm pointing out that this whole song and dance from the GOP leadership is naked obstructionism, disguised as a minority party upset they cannot get 100% of their proposals accepted. It's all-too obvious when they vote against their own proposals, but even more so when they demand the stage and the spotlight, and then shift themselves when they get exactly that.