beat, did he go, why hasn't he been fired yet? did they leave president obama with no choice than to push him out. >> i don't know if it was president obama. shinseki, a good man, didn't want to be a distraction, which is what the president said. give me awe minute. >> it's the official line. >> it is the official line but this is the doddler in chief here. take a look at sebelius, hhs secretary, how long did it take him to finally lop her head off? >> it seems to me the press was writing stories about obama's failure to show leadership in this scandal. >> there's a bit of difference in that obamacare was scene as a partisan scandal. this affects every single person. >> jona, i understand the need for the president to show leadership action by doing something, making the change. >> a cool change of pace. >> why did the media focus so obsessively on this one personnel move? >> i have to say, it was strange to me.