she seemed to give gravity today to this possible third way in syria. how are her comments today being interpreted? well, they are being seen as an endorsement of that option, and as you say, another shot in the arm for that approach, but at the same time, i can t tell you that anybody who is a serious foreign policy hand really thinks that that option will work. everybody believes you have to acknowledge that we should that the nation should give the non-military option a chance, so everybody is considering that, all the serious people are considering that, but nobody really thinks that it will come to pass. jessica yellin, thank you so much. as a quote unquote private citizen, hillary clinton didn t have to weigh in publicly on this conflict, but she did. two weeks after we first learned of the alleged chemical weapon attack. political analyst and former press secretary to the clinton administration deedee myers joins me now. why today, and why wait two