A caller on Rush today said it perfectly. If he hadn’t gone ahead, it would later have been leaked and we would end up with either Hillery or our GOP candidate. IOW, his hand was forced. It had nothing to do with his desire to hunt terrorist, execute the war on terror or assure America’s protection. It was simply damage control that he’s now trying to spin as a consequence of ‘his’ policies. Total BS.
Obama had no choice given the circumstances. He delayed the inevitable for a while, but had to do exactly what he campaigned so hard against.....the right thing.