The post mortems on the launch of Obamacare continue and there are calls for heads – perhaps a lot of them – to roll. The president’s management style has been questioned. Why didn’t he know, and when didn’t he know it? That sort of thing.

Even those without a degree from the Wharton would expect that in the case of something as ambitious as the Affordable Care Act, the president would want to be in fairly frequent consultations with his subordinates responsible for the program.  Over which there is some doubt.