I agree that it was Obama's plan for the Bergdahl swap to serve as a diversion from the VA scandal, which it has been, but not in the way Obama intended. I think Obama planned this as another "I got Osama Bin Laden moment" in which he would be viewed as taking bold, decisive action to rescue an American "hero" from the clutches of the Taliban ("see, I really do care about our guys in uniform.") I don't think he anticipated all of these people who served with Bergdahl coming forward and telling the American people in no uncertain terms that Bergdahl was a deserter, and probably collaborated with the enemy. I also don't think he anticipated Diane Feinstein and other members of his own party being as critical as they are about the release of the 5 terrorists from GITMO. Unlike a lot of other scandals, the average person gets this. They understand what happened here. Obama was counting on people to be oblivious to this entire episode, instead, it blew up in his face.
I think another thing he didn’t count on was the tallies actually hiring a professions photojournalist to record the turn-over of bergdahl - and then to air the video - that proved the creep is hardly at death’s door.
They didn’t figure we’d ever see a photo of him until a few weeks had gone by , after they’d brought him back from “death’s door.” Notice, there has not been ONE photo of him since had his chopper ride - why not??? Had he really been so ill, they would’ve paraded him front and center. The Tallies film blew that false story out of the water.