Hats off to Matt Lauer at 'Today' on NBC for getting Obama's best comments yet about BP in an interview that aired this morning.

First, his saying he has been meeting with experts to “know whose ass to kick.”

Obama also said he would have fired BP CEO Tony Hayward for comments he has made about wanting “his” life back.

If you want to know the interest in such comments, a Google News search of the term “whose ass to kick” and “Obama” found more than 24,000 articles.

See the interview below: