Something along the lines of, after he was shot, he took the fact that he survived as a responsibility; not a mandate. I sucked in a breath at that. It really was a direct swipe at President Bush.
. . .felt like more than a swipe; thought if the prelude to the cannon salute. I was taken aback at the vitriol that clung to the word 'madate' as it jumped out of Ron's mouth.
Thought it an unfortunate choice for the occasion; and very un-Reaganesque.