( CNN ) -- Not even a week after the ruling in the Trayvon Martin trial , President Barack Obama could n't wait to stand before the White House press corps and `` speak to an issue that obviously has gotten a lot of attention , '' as he said last July . Yet it took Obama more than a month to address the crisis where 40 veterans allegedly died while waiting months for treatment at a Phoenix Veterans Administration hospital . Congress has held hearings on the grave matter since April and called Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki among other witnesses to testify . But Obama just got around to holding a press conference Wednesday on the topic . `` So when I heard allegations of misconduct -- any misconduct , whether it 's allegations of VA staff covering up long wait times or cooking the books -- I will not stand for it , not as commander in chief , but also not as an American , '' Obama declared . If Obama is as outraged and `` mad as hell '' as he professes , why did it take him over a month to say anything substantive about vets dying because of months waiting for care ? Prior to his long overdue press conference about the VA controversy , Obama only mentioned what has now become another White House scandal in a response to a question from a reporter on April 28 during his Asia trip . During his press conference , Obama said he was n't going to jump to any conclusions or call for any resignations until `` the investigators do their job and get to the bottom of what happened '' at the VA . He added , `` we have to find out , first of all , what exactly happened . '' In contrast , Obama could n't wait to jump to conclusions and comment on the shooting of the black teen Martin by George Zimmerman before any investigation or trial happened . Obama made extensive comments on the shooting in March 2012 in the Rose Garden . `` You know , if I had a son , he 'd look like Trayvon . All of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves , '' he said . Well we certainly did n't hear the president say , if he had served in the military , `` I could have been one of those veterans who died . '' Apparently , veterans , who put their lives at risk defending our country then died at the hands of incompetent VA employees are n't worthy of the same attention and `` seriousness '' as Trayvon Martin ? Even more indicative of the Obama White House 's misplaced priorities is the White House issued a statement from the president on the day of the Tryavon Martin trial verdict last July . No White House statement was issued about the VA allegations . But clearly a statement on the Martin trial was n't enough . A few days later , Obama held a press conference about the verdict . `` I thought it might be useful for me to expand on my thoughts a little bit , '' Obama noted . Martin 's death , though tragic , had nothing to do with national security or government malfeasance and did n't warrant attention from the president of the United States . But Obama felt it was very important to comment on the death of a young black man shot by a `` white Hispanic '' to appease race hucksters like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson who helped elect him . Stammering throughout his VA press conference Wednesday , Obama told reporters `` responsibility for things always rests ultimately with me , as the President and commander in chief . '' At the same time Obama claims he did n't know how big the problems were with the VA. How can a president be responsible for problems occurring at agencies if he 's not aware of the problems ? This sounds like the all-too-familiar refrain the White House uses . It did n't know about the IRS scandal or the Department of Health and Human Services ' disastrous rollout of Obamacare . Again , Obama promised , `` there is going to be accountability . '' `` Listen , if somebody has mismanaged or engaged in misconduct , not only do I not want them getting bonuses , I want them punished , '' he said from the White House briefing room . Hopefully this time , the President means what he says because in past scandals he has held no one accountable . IRS division director Lois Lerner and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius both were allowed to resign without accountability . Shinseki eventually will do the same . Regardless of the outcome of the investigation , at minimum our veterans deserve the same attention to their deaths as Obama gave Trayvon . Join us on Facebook.com/CNNOpinion .
Crystal Wright wonders why Obama 's VA reaction was n't as swift as his Trayvon comments . Comment: In comparison , he commented a week after the Trayvon Martin verdict . Wright : Our veterans deserve the same attention to their deaths as Obama gave Martin .