In case you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to read Mike Allen’s pretty amazing story over at Politico, which exposes a new business plan being put together by The Washington Post that would offer lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to high ranking government officials at “Post Salon” dinner events in exchange for huge cash payments, starting at $25,000 a pop. The really astonishing part of the story is already being walked back (sort of) by The Washington Post newsroom, however, as a flier obtained by Politico insinuated that access to the paper’s own reporters and editors was also potentially for sale. Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli and spokesperson Kris Coratti told Politico that the newsroom would not participate in the first scheduled event, which will focus on health-care reform, because it would be inappropriate, but left room for the possibility that other Post Salons might feature editorial staffers. UPDATE 12:38 p.m.: Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth has just announced that she’s canceling all the dinners. What a mess.