Given that he was talking with Joy Behar (ultra-lib, GLAAD-certified, agnostic, feminist, etc.) maybe he was willing to say anything that would let him escape with his manhood intact. LOL.
Actually, "they beat him (Obama) down" has a degree of accuracy in it, given that right-thinking people did try to limit the damage Obummer has been doing, which probably looks like ganging up on him to some folks. Well, too bad, is my view. We've been trying to keep that damn Marxist from screwing everything up, and to make the best of the gawdawful mess he's delivered the past 5 years.
But like they say, you just can't polish a turd.
The British Guardian said that Keith was at the opening of the new Virginia joint. If so apparently he had no qualms about the policy.