No one quite knows the exact fate of David Shulkin. The former Veterans Affairs secretary says he was quietly fired. The White House says he was “given the opportunity to resign.” Politically correct semantics aside, the Shulkin exit was entirely too lenient.

The administration should have run Shulkin out of town months ago when they had the chance, ending the national humiliation early and preventing the bureaucrat from starting his current sniveling cable news cycle.