question. i think the intersection is that the va shows what happens when there s too much government control of a health care system. and that should be the lesson to the senate and the house and the president of what happens when a system is completely controlled by the government and there s no competition. so, a lot of lessons from the failures of the va can be applied to the health care vector. the va is what the original term red tape came out of. so, there s some lessons there that you talk about. dan, appreciate your insights and what you re doing as well down there. we ll come back and we ve got a camera inside and we ll take a listen in a few minutes. i appreciate it and thank you for having me on. leland: thank you, sir. elizabeth. elizabeth: coming up after the break, a u.s. show of force in response to a military test this week. what options the u.s. and our
count on cortizone-10. with the strongest, non-prescription itch medicine for fast relief. and 7 moisturizers. cortizone-10. feel the heal. lots of drama today up on capitol hill. in the hot seat, senior officials drop the department of veterans affairs. the house veterans affairs committee wanted to know why senior executives at the agency were awarded bonuses while thousands of veterans were kept waiting for months simably to see a doctor. some of those vets eventually died as they waited. the most recent audit for the va shows at least 43,000 veterans waited 120 days. that s three type times more t previously disclosed. another highly contentious hearing. irs commissioner, who s only been on the job since the beginning of the year, he app r appeared for several hours