usually when something frustrating him, he pushes it back with obama. we have seen this on a number of things. it's unfortunate the thing he is pushing back on obama is something like this. >> the president is very personal and very competitive. things are very personal and competitive for him. it's almost like this is a contest. this should not be a contest. >> it's not. exactly. >> absolutely. this just should not be. one of the roepbts why this is newsworthy is and the politicization is just horrific. but the president has this long pattern of behavior of criticizing the military. even though as you rightly point out, cleaning up the v.a. the policy stance is much different than what he has said. that's why so many people, zach, i think are critical of the president when he tries to talk about the military. >> right. you go back to khan.