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Well, again, this is all detail I'm learning for the first time now - in this thread, in fact.
Two days ago, Obama very clearly said he did not know all the facts, but his initial reaction was based on what was reported so far was that the officer's actions were stupid.
Claiming they weren't so stupid based on later-known facts is 20/20 hindsight.
As for him not giving grist to the mill of media to ignore his health care stuff in favor of somethign juicy ... I suppose he could have flat-out refused to answer any non-healthcare questions. But after all the semi-ducking he did to other questions (not egregiously, just that queasy stay-on-message stuff), I was glad he answered this one directly and apparently with a little too much honesty.
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