Capitulation On Healthcare?

So, Obama has announced a televised summit with the Dems and the 'Phants on healthcare, where everything is on the table.

It appears that he's pushing Dems to come on board for the idea, which appears to me to continue to be, "Just put 'Healthcare' on a piece of paper, and I'll sign it.

Well, the response from the Republicans was that he must kill the House and Senate bills and forswear reconciliation before any such meeting, and the White House response to this, at least insofar is Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is concerned, is to say that they are willing to talk without preconditions.

One interesting twist to this is that John Boehner is also objecting to it being televised, because, I think that he realizes that "no" is not photogenic.

So, is this yet another misguided attempt by Obama to get Republicans to like him (my choice), or is it a bit of elventy dimensional chess where Obama gets Republicans to hang themselves on live TV? (What Boehner fears)