""the bill" as finally passed didn't exist until the very end."

So much for the Obama campaign Promise: "Public Will Have five Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk"

Obama September 22, 2008:

    I'll make our government open and transparent so that anyone can ensure that our business is the people's business. Justice Louis Brandeis once said Sunlight is the greatest disinfectant, and as president I am going to make it impossible for congressmen or lobbyists to slip pork barrel projects or corporate welfare into laws when no one's looking because when I'm president meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public... no more secrecy, that's a commitment I make to you as president. No more secrecy!

    And, when there's a bill that ends up on my desk as president, you the public will have five days to look on-line and find out what's in it before I sign it so that you know what your government's doing. When there are meetings between lobbyists and a government agency we'll put as many as pos... as many of those meetings as possible on-line for every American to watch. When there's a tax bill being debated in Congress you will now the names of the corporations that would benefit and how much money they would get. And we will put every corporate tax break and every pork barrel project on-line for every American to see, you will know who asked for them and you can decide whether your representative is actually representing you!