This Way or the Hanway

Looking at this pic of our enigmatic Prez and Cigna’s $12 million dollar (a year) CEO last March when Obama was just “setting the table” for the health care reform campaign, does the photo more evidence….

A: Selling out.

B: Keeping your friends close and your enemies closer ( 1, 2, 3).

B. + C. The Obama way, which is: in any deal, get at least 1/2 up front, then come back for another 1/4 while you’re still viable.

(image: Charles Dharapak/A.P. caption: President Barack Obama, left, greets CIGNA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer H. Edward Hanway after speaking about the economy to business leaders at a roundtable discussion at a hotel in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2009.)