The Long, Complicated History Of American Political Secrecy

Senate Republicans have spent weeks crafting their latest health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act in secret.

But according to historians Nathan Connolly (@ndbconnolly) and Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755), it's hardly the first time American politics have been shaped behind closed doors.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Connolly and Freeman, co-hosts of the podcast BackStory, which is produced at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.