More on the President's backroom deal with Big Pharma

Apparently, President Obama's backroom deal with Big Pharma, a deal that will cost taxpayers and the federal government $80 billion - and put that money straight into the pocket of the pharmaceutical companies - was the topic of conversation at the Finance Committee markup yesterday. I hate to agree with Chuck Grassley, ever, but he is correct in this case. It was Obama's deal, and if Democrats have a problem with it, they should take it up with their president. And John Kerry is wrong to suggest that Obama wasn't in the room when the deal was cut, so he can't be blamed. I think the American people have had enough of absent, and absent-minded, presidents shirking responsibility for their staff's actions. Either Obama owns this windfall his staff gave Big Pharma, or he needs to disown it publicly and fire some staff.