actually see what s going on? he did walk a v.a. hospital. it s unfair to qualify all of us generals. i know you have two daughters who aren t generals who can give you a little lip from time to time. there a s. a tendency when you wear stars to sort of create a bubble around you. and to be a good leader at that level what you have to do is break out of the bubble and get beyond your handlers and get out in the field whether you are a division commander or a secretary, knock on doors. show up in places unexpectedly, talk to the private in the fox hole and ask him the pertinent questions without all the staff and without all the handlers around him. i understand rick did this at the v.a. hospitals. but the degree to which he asked those questions, frankly, i don t know. there is no question he is a hero. he has served our nation with great distinction. right. you know, is the job of head of the v.a. necessarily one that should go to someone who is a militarior