Franklen did just that, and he did it by choice, not duty.
I end up hating these people less when I meet them personnaly, I guess, i see a human being and not just a face or arguement that I wish I was there to take apart.
Al is to be thanked for what he did going to the troops, but he was not the smarter one at the debate. The favoritism of the camera crew, the keeping of Annie's microphone volume lower, the placing of the microphone in front of her face if she pulled it in to speak louder and how it blocked her face on the tv screen behind her....