Barack Obama actually said...

"President Obama promised to break the connection between money and politics in Washington."

"That's what I will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors, but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on C-SPAN, so that the American peop..."

"This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity."

"Ed was unfazed."