I noticed that as it happened then I wondered if I was listening to the context incorrectly but this thread confirms that it was not just me.
I think he knew he got it backwards. I saw it in his face. But when nobody mentioned it I thought it was me listening wrong and that he was trying to describe how Obama thinks things should be.
If it had been me and I had noticed it, I would have corrected myself right there.
People might overlook something like that but not the tape.
And not detractors.