Independent?

Last night Obama said that he would get an escrow fund from BP that would be doled out by an independent administrator. Today word come that the head of the fund will be Ken Feinberg who is the pay czar in the administration. While Feinberg is a respected individual (rare for an Obama czar), he is certainly not independent. why must Obama make statements in speeches that he contradicts on the very next day? Can't they update what is on the teleprompter?