called by their bosses and said, wait a minute. >> is all of this another attempt -- pretty transparent attempt by the president to change the subject? just another way of saying "move on, folks, nothing to see here"? we'll talk about that. cnn political commentator david swirlick and analyst michael bender. also, michael issikoff, chief investigative correspondent for yahoo! news. good to have all of you here. i didn't get a call or e-mail from the boss. did any of you -- anybody get a call saying -- okay. just checking. no, no? michael, welcome back to the studio. good to have you here. what do you think of the president yesterday? he says he is not performing, but is he producing? >> i thought the immigration performance was so fascinating. particularly when he said, you know, i'm prepared to sign whatever you people give me. this was his signature issue.