to go. a lot of the democrats are facing re-election, and so it is a significant political issue for the white house as well. we are waiting to see when this meeting with shinseki wraps up whether president obama will walk out to the briefing room, and make any remarks about this. timing is significant here, tamron, because the president heads out of town next week, and of course, there is a d-day remembrance overseas, and we will be traveling with him when he makes the remarks on the 70th anniversary of d-day at norma y normandy, and the white house does not want this issue looming over their heads as they try to focus on another historic anniversary and celebration of the commemoration of the lives of the v.a. veterans. but beyond that eric shinseki said he is taking action and this is what he said a short time ago. >> i have initiated the process of the removal of the senior leaders of the phoenix v.a. medical center, and wait times be removed from the evaluation reports as a measure of their success, and now i ask congress