Leon Panetta said...

This President has essentially gone AWOL from the job of leadership that he should be providing a country in trouble.

That was -- that was kind of not -- not a smart move by the vice president.

the President has to make very clear to Russia and to Putin that we will not tolerate this kind of behavior

I'd like to believe it was an instance where his own conscience said, I've got to tell the American people the truth.