This is all about
1. Protecting the Democrat senators in jeopardy this November. The media water bearers know Obama is a liability, so time to shore up the defenses before the Senate flips.
2. Propping up Hillary Clinton, who will increasingly start differentiating herself from Obama on this and other issues.
3. Showing We The Sgeeple how objective and unbiased they are, so when they start fawning over Hillary! in 2015 and 2016, the simpleminded will buy into the idea that she is really worth fawning over.
(See Clinton, Bill and Gore, Al - circa 1998 - 2001.)