The President felt much better when he was doing the talking.

"I made it my business to know how the President felt on everything and particularly this case," he said.

"It's not something the President felt would be responsible for him to say."

The President felt like a student holding up his hand in third grade.

"But the President felt at this point we've given them the opportunity to act," he said.

"But the president still felt it was important to put out this vision and way forward."

But as another said this evening, "The president felt he had to try."

It was obvious to all that the President didn't feel like talking to the press.

The President feels - we've done any number of events on this.

The President was feeling the strain, no question about it.