“It was nothing more nefarious”
What you have explained sounds pretty darned nefarious to me.
I'm just saying put the blame where it belongs...on the Obama administration and not McDonald's. There was no graft or corruption involved on McD's end.
If they are guilty of anything, it's of playing hardball with Obama. They should be applauded. They did not pay off HHS to get a waiver, they threatened them.