Politicking? To what end? There’s not really anything to read into his statement—it’s really just a cautionary note against believing the media hype about this being simply a boon to the republicans. And you are kind of proving my point by being dismissive of it. When Barack emerges out of this primary campaign triumphant, you better believe that’s a media-darling narrative the press is going to carry with it all the way to November 2nd. All I know is, I’m not going to be caught unawares come convention time!
Hopefully around that time a few more Larry Sinclairs will surface. Larry likely wasn't Obama's first foray into cocaine and homo sex. Such revelations would draw a shrug from Democrats, naturally, but plenty of independents would be repulsed.