Opinion on President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Veteran's Affairs?

So he went to West Point, where does that make him qualified to serve as Secretary of the VA? Oh wait he was CEO of a toy company that makes a huge difference.
How about we find someone with some experience running a major hospital or health care company?

The issues with the VA have been a long time coming, and Shinseki was doomed to fail from the start due to little fault of his own. Up until a few years ago, we were still using paper vs electronic records, and this process was in no way adequate to handle the aging Vietnam/Korean Vet population plus the wounded from the last 14 years of combat. Every time we move into peace time, we cut spending on medical so we enter the next war using technology that is so outdated that it never works effectively. We are still catching up on using PDA devices, something that very few civilians have used for a decade. We can't even use bluetooth technology because of concerns from OPSEC. Until we learn that medical spending to keep pace with emerging tech needs to continue during peace time, we will repeat this pattern over and over.

Growing up and while I served I remember seeing several movies about the Nightmare that is the VA Medical System. I wish the man Luck but this has been going on for Generations. Having said that I have nothing but Commendations for the Kansas City VA Hospital for the Huge Amount they handle with Piss Poor Funding.