called a fine man by those who knew him in the obama administration but some are questioning his ability to lead such a massive bureaucracy. he s made life-and-death decisions on the battlefield, he s been in the middle of this war. he needs somebody to go into the va room to fight the bureaucracy and i think admiral jackson is a good pick because he s been on the battlefield, he knows what the fight is all about. others not the va has been a mess under a wide range of secretaries with varied backgrounds or perhaps dr. jackson will be the right person to shake things up. melissa: they need something, that s for sure. joining me now for all of the legal applications of all this is formal federal prosecutor doug burns. whether he was fired or quit, what difference does it make? the reason it makes a difference is there s a law from 1998 that federal vacancies, let