I am not defending the guy, I appreciate he got his a$$ in a wringer. His statement about his statement should turn into the "coverup" which usually hurts you more than the original statement. If he had come out and said it was a lame joke about Bush's intellect that was misunderstood he could let it drop, but, unless the DBM let's it go, this should cause a lot of discussion on the panel shows.
I'm sure it will cause a lot of chatter. And I think he meant exactly what he said when he said it. All that's comming out of his office now is an attempt to spin it in some way to make him look like the victim.