Don Bacon: “I do know that there are real concerns out there with rural credit. I met with a group of our farmers.”

I think it would have been better to acknowledge, hey, long deployments are hard.

I think he needed to set appropriate and honest expectations here.

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

Keep the pressure on and say less. That would be my advice to the president.