White House backtracks on secret deal with Big Pharma, suggests perhaps there wasn't a deal at all - Pharma okay with it all

Uh huh. What's most disturbing about this article isn't that the White house is trying to dig itself out of a hole, after being caught with its hand in the bipartisan cookie jar. No, what's causes me the greatest concern is the fact that Billy Tauzin and the drug industry say they're fine with where things now stand. Why would they now be fine with the White House denying, and/or backing off, a deal when earlier in the week they were willing to bring down the house? That sounds like Tauzin et. al. got some private assurances (aka another secret deal) that all was still well in bipartisan-land.