Comcast worries about the FCC and Congress, not its competitors. It would seem that worry extends only so far. In this case, if what you're saying is accurate

Comcast worries about the FCC and Congress, not its competitors. It would seem that worry extends only so far. In this case, if what you're saying is accurate, Comcast intends to take (i.e., extract rent), and it just doesn't want to get noticed while it takes. Fear of the FCC and potential consumer backlash do not extend so far as to help it to reconsider its basic strategy of expanding rents, even as its merger with Time Warner is under review. There's a certain boldness to Comcast's move in working out this deal with Netflix.