You have a politician that, you know, tells the truth about his job. And people criticize him for it... and then complain that politicians don't tell the truth.

Can you see the problem there? Who would you rather have running shit... someone who tells you the truth even though you might not like it, or someone that will lie to you for long enough for them to get out clean with their golden handshake?

but in this particular case, as I understand it, he's telling the truth about what he's doing. Why come down on someone for telling the truth? If he lies so much, it should be easy to find lots of those lying about to beat him with, and it'll work a lot better as well as being a good object lessons for other pols... tell the truth, even if unpalatable, and things will go well... tell a lie, and take a beating.