They just can’t get their stories straight…
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) today echoed Rep. John Boehner’s (R-OH) supposed concern that televising President Obama’s bipartisan health care reform summit would turn it into a “media show” — even after both called for him to make the process more transparent.
Much like Boehner, Enzi was one of the Republicans who earlier called for Obama to televise the health care debate on C-SPAN, in the name of “increased transparency.”
In an interview with Sirius XM’s POTUS channel today, Enzi was asked about his expectations for the health care reform summit:
“I’m really worried about it,” he said. “I think it’s gonna be just a media show, instead of an actual opportunity to take a look at things.”
But Enzi has previously demanded that Obama keep his campaign promise and air the debate on C-SPAN, undersigning a letter from Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (and signed by the rest of the Senate Republicans) to Harry Reid that called for “increased transparency,” and asserted that “closed door negotiations and unprecedented special provisions in exchange for votes do not meet the expectations of the American people.”
As we reported, Boehner is guilty of a similar contradiction. This week, he expressed concern that televising the debate would make it “a political event,” despite his earlier demands that the negotiations be aired on C-SPAN.
Here’s the audio of the Enzi interview, courtesy of Sirius XM’s POTUS channel. The full thing airs tomorrow:
