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Somebody asked him a question, I only caught a little bit of it, McCain said, (imitating McCain) "With all due respect, that's the dumbest question I've ever heard. We're talking about socialites here, we're -- four dead Americans. Socialites. Which -- what -- what --" and then the guy interrupted him, and McCain said, "You want to hear what I say? You want me to answer the question, or do you just want to keep talking? It's your choice. You tell me."

I saw that exchange. WHAT was that "dumbest question"?

I suppose there is no way we will find out, unless someone present reports it.

For as Rush points out, the reporters were unmiked -- probably purposely so, so we couldn't hear their questions, or know who was asking them.

The dumbest question (from this transcript):

"Senator, do you think there's potentially a greater national security threat in apparently thousands of pages of classified documents ending up on the personal computer of a Tampa socialite who's a friend of the head of the CIA, of secret covert e-mail accounts involving the head of the CIA and a top general in Afghanistan and the fact that the FBI agent stepped out of the chain of command apparently, went to a House Republican leader rather than anybody else. You put all that together, do you think that's a potential greater national security threat than what you're talking about in Benghazi?"

MCCAIN: Well, I say with great respect, that's one of the dumbest questions I've ever heard.