General Shinseki deserves to be thanked for his service to this country in both his civilian and military roles. Unfortunately, the problems at the VA are real, not some contrived Republican scandal like Benghazi. Although I would argue (and many here would agree) that the VA's problems are rooted in GOP assholery and insufficient funding, at the end of the day Gen. Shinseki was in charge and presided over that. Resignation was the honorable thing to do, and the politically necessary one as well. It's up to us Democrats to vindicate him by voting Republicans out in November.