[Senator Bedfellow]

You do not need board certification to be a practicing psychiatrist. Failure to obtain certification is therefore not equivalent to failure as a psychiatrist.

Really, now - is this kind of equivocation the best you can come up with tonight?

[AndrewC]

You do not need board certification to be a practicing psychiatrist

You don't need to be good to practice either. But a failure is still a failure and to fail to attain something you strive for in your field is a failure in your field. And when you admit it, it is a self-admitted failure in your field.