Despite repeated assurance from President Obama about honesty and transparency, it seems the White House will not post the final version of the Health Care bill online for 72 hours. White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs dodged questions when asked whether or not the bill will be posted on the internet for the public prior to a vote. Gibbs told CNSNews.com, “I don’t know the exact answer to 72. …I think health care has been the most covered story by the news media in 2009.”

Obama also assured us during the campaign that negotiations would be broadcast on C-SPAN “so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies,” as he said in one of many speeches. Gibbs also refused to answer questions on Obama’s broken C-SPAN promises, and gave the non-answer, “I know the president’s going to begin some discussions later today on health care in order to try to iron out the differences that remain between the House and the Senate bill and try to get something, hopefully, to his desk quite quickly.”

The Senate Finance Committee killed a GOP amendment to require the posting of the bill online for 72 hours before it is voted on.