Jay Carney: Obama Learned About the VA Scandal from Watching the News

Remember the Last Time Obama was “Really” Angry About a Scandal? (Front Page Mag)

Obama is suddenly angry about the VA scandal in which vets were dying while waiting for health care. He’s angry even though he and his Center for American Progress bosses pushed cuts to Tricare health care for vets.

But at least now he’s “madder than hell”. That’s a good thing, right?

Last week, after a seemingly emotionless Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told a Senate Committee he was “mad as hell” about the allegations of incompetence and corruption at VA hospitals, White House spokesman Jay Carney wouldn’t go quite that far when discussing the commander in chief’s outrage over the scandal. “He certainly is very concerned and angry about the allegations that we’ve seen regarding specifically the Phoenix office,” Carney told ABC News’ Jon Karl.