I think Jerome's making a much subtler point; not that he should still be with BSD, but that BSD should have let him say "I resigned" rather than "we fired him".
Maybe. But I think it had less to do with Obama and more to do with protecting their reputation with clients and potential clients - Obama among them. To say that he resigned would mean it was his decision to leave. BSD had to make it clear that he had no choice but to leave.
