David Axelrod actually said...

"Yes. That makes sense to me. I'm wondering where the abundance of caution was before the president had multiple conversations with the FBI director."

"the first rule of politics is if you want to get out of a hole, stop digging. And the president has been digging furiously for some time here."

"What he did today was very much about protecting his integrity and the integrity of the Justice Department."

"there are going to be many, many Democrats who are going to continue to push for this independent commission."