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Everything to have him step aside but it is the right thing to do. >> that may be the case. and i -- in some ways i personally reserve judgment because i feel like i don't know what the underlying problem is yet. let's say shinseki comes out tomorrow and resigns, 8:30 in the morning he's scheduled to give a talk. let's say he resigns. what's the day two plan of attack here? i mean, i still don't understand what the problem is that has led apparently to 42 different facilities cooking the books because they could not meet the demand. >> yeah, and look, there's deep underlying problems here. the...

To leave washington and go out and see what the problem is and he assured me it could be a lot better if they fired some of the people. every time you have someone doing something dirty, whether it's creating a false waiting list or whatever. probably others knew about it and didn't say anything. and sitting rht next to him. >> i think you're exactly right. it was interesting because sh shinseki because ' said that you can't steve these bonuses anymore because of those wait lists and how many patients you actually see. but i want to ask you this because of your lawyer back ground. a lot of tal...

Utilize these inappropriate practices. these are the secret wait lists that some of the vas were using that cnn uncovered. they were using these inappropriate practices to make waiting times appear more favorable. now this is a pretty short report. it's only five pages. it's a preliminary report. i suspect we'll get more. and so that's what we're finding today. i'm sure we'll hear more as the story unfolds. >> yes, it seems to be getting worse and worse every single day, more of these horrible details dealing with our veterans coming out. barbara starr's over at the pentagon. how's this playin...

Shinseki has been in charge for six years. over the six years, the wait lists have been -- just become horrific. the worst ever. over the six years, we now find out there's secret lists where vets that have served this country were shoved to the side, delayed care, denied care, perhaps died because of that. all of the time when funding for the v.a. went up 70%, 75% over the past six years. went up 70%, 75% during the bush years. this is not a funding issue. this is a management issue. who else do yo go to if shinseki was there for six years? >> it's not like the situation has stayed the same s...

Have known about problems that predate obama, and i just wonder -- and i recently talked to a doctor who's a professor down at nyu, she's a current, practicing doctor for nyu who worked in the va system who said she was not caught off guard by this at all. it was no surprise to her because of what she saw happening behind those doors, and the wait lists were long, and there were problems, and they were systemic. if it was so obvious, tucker, you're saying these problems have lasted forever, everybody knows that, it was so obvious to her, then why are we talking about shinseki, and why aren't w...