@twobyfour of 32,
I’ve considered that angle as well. It’s quite possible. Perhaps even probable. But I wouldn’t overlook the possibility that he’s just lying through his teeth to placate those who are outraged by this. Chicago Dummycrats do tend to believe that if you make soothing noises at angry voters they’ll just go away eventually and forget everything when Election Day rolls around. Chicago voters have done little to prove them wrong thus far. A 3rd possibility is that Mr. Obama is just engaged in assuming that what he wants is a certainy and will honestly be blindsided by the intrusion of reality into his little fluffybunny universe.

Note that possibility #3 does not preclude either possibility #1 or #2 also being true.