Indeed.

I had a lot more sympathy for John than I expected. I do wonder why he never even showed up in "Faith," given his actions here, but maybe he thought that wasn't really as bad as Sam was making it out to be, and was going to check in later if no one pulled off a miracle cure-- which they did. And the situation here was much more directly John's fault/responsibility, rather than the natural vagaries of hunting. (Plus he probably still felt guilty over "Faith," though I don't remember him mentioning it directly.)