I see that the White House is Denying any Role in the Medicare Cost 'Issue'

From Democracy Now! and this has since been picked up by other news sources:

.....Until now the Bush administration has rejected Foster's accusations. But the Wall Street Journal has obtained an email sent to Foster that explicitly said to share his findings only with his supervisor and quote "No one else." The message went on to say "The consequences for insubordination are extremely severe." Meanwhile in other news related to the Medicare vote, the House ethics committee announced Wednesday it will begin a formal inquiry into claims by Michigan Republican Congressman Nick Smith that Republican leaders tried to bribe him and threaten him in order to win his vote on Medicare. After hours of wrangling, Smith voted with the Republican leadership and the Medicare bill passed by one vote........[snip]

Lies, Lies and damned lies. How do they expect to explain this away? The WSJ is hardly a 'lefty' news outlet.