Good point.
Van Jones did not “quit.”
He was thrown under the Obama bus, with the announcement at MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY OF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. What sniveling cowards.
Oh well ... in by stealth, out by stealth
Well, in order to get proper media uncoverage, they have to throw a bone to the media so as to keep some propriety of objectivity on their part.
IOW, it would be harder for the media to ignore this if it were to happen say on a tuesday or so. But now they can convince themselves they have an excuse to ration the fact.