Don Bacon: “I think it's better to acknowledge, hey, this is hard on the families, it's hard on the service members.”

We can put a little common sense and humanity into the equation.

Congress should conduct oversight, calling for testimony from top Navy officials.

He doesn't communicate it well. As you mentioned, he makes light of the affordability question. And we do have an affordability problem.

I think it was important for him to level with the American people. This is going to be a tough fight.