position a month earlier than expected. mccabe temporarily ran the agency for an interim period following president trump s firing of former director james comey. his resignation follows months of attacks by the president, and it also comes at an intense moment between the white house and the intelligence agencies, but we should note there s at this point been no indication at this time mccabe was forced out. for more i m joined by the chairman of organizing for action and former campaign manager for obama for america, dana milbank is with me from the washington post, and michael steele, former adviser for jeb bush and john boehner as well. first of all we ll start here with you, gentlemen. what can we make of this mccabe departure a month earlier than expected? is this just a guy taking advantage of some built-up leave? we don t know yet why he s stepping down earlier than expected. fairly or not he s become a lightning rod in this