Rick,

A "My Way or the Highway" attitude is unattractive no matter which side brings it to the table.
It seems as tho HCA is willing to try, making an attempt to move your direction.
Maybe not quite hard enough or far enough for your taste, but an olive branch has been extended.
To publicly take such a hard line was counterproductive.
There are people within HCA-NA that are interested in trying to work on and support some sort of compromise.
Your words make it clear that unless you get to rewrite the HCA rulebook to suit yourself, YOU are the one that is not interested in trying to find some sort of a middle ground.
To be sure, You have valid points, however, at this point in the process, you could have made them less publicly, or more gently.
The art of negotiation is a process.
Harsh words and an unforgiving attitude will only serve to delay or destroy any hope of progress.

Stephen