That scene in the movie bothered me a lot. He is the Commander in Chief, which means he should have left right away, gotten on the phone with the situation room and headed for Air Force One. That was precious time he could have been getting information and making decisions that he spent reading about some kid’s pet goat. With all the time Dick Cheney spent in an “undisclosed location” after the attacks, Bush leaving a photo op would have gone completely unnoticed by the press and public.