> "We can’t make this deal public because if the American people saw what was in it, they would be opposed to it." This is comically absurd. I know it's clich

> "We can’t make this deal public because if the American people saw what was in it, they would be opposed to it." This is comically absurd. I know it's cliched and gets tossed around a lot lately, but this absolutely sounds like a line straight out of 1984.