Under the bus you go...

Obama Reverses Stand on Drug Industry Deal

nytimes.com
President Obama went into the health-care debate with the backing of two big-business consortiums: the big insurers and the big drug companies. These deals were based, of course, on fear and favor: the fear that if they didn't cooperate, these companies would be skinned alive, and the secret hope that they could get some kind of special favors in return for backing the administration.
What actually happened to both consortiums is precisely what they deserve for not standing up for their rights. They have been double crossed by President Obama. He got the support of the insurers—then set them up as the villains in this debate. He cut a deal with the drug companies—then when the heat got too intense, he threw the deal out and pretended it never even existed.
This is a sign of desperation and political incompetence on the part of the administration.

Those who weren't watching carefully during the campaign are now beginning to figure it out: Obama is not the kind of man who will stand by a deal...