I'm usually not the one to prize Biden, but here he's doing the right thing, and well within his rights. Yes, the timing is obviously related to the elections, but that's how the politics is played - you do things that the voters want, you get the votes. If the other guys wanted to do it first, they had plenty of opportunity. They didn't - well, if you lose the ball and the other team scores, then that's the game, you can be sad if you team is losing but nothing against the rules has happened.