If it's all an open secret, then what the hell are they scared of?
You and alcaray are both sinking fast trying to defend the Democrats and Obama on this subject, and you know it.
The Democrats do NOT want the public to see what they are doing, and this has been their viewpoint since this entire process began. Huge bills fired through the system without being read, couched in incomprehensible language, and voted on during weekends and in the middle of the night. This is how totalitarian governments do things, and Democratic Party thinking is moving in that direction more every day. To them, the voters are not the foundation of our system of government, but an impediment to their agenda.