That should be the first reaction of reasonable people... but this primary season hasn't been.
With Twitter and all of the instantaneous communication plus the gotcha tactics of the media, we get constant instantaneous outrage when someone naturally stumbles over words. And every side does it. It is not humanly possible to stay in that spotlight and speak off the cuff in the midst of the helter-skelter going on around. And that's before you even get to those that will intentionally twist what you say to their benefit. We have built these campaigns to be outrageous headline makers and the only ones that benefit are in the professional chatting/gossip class. This will one day be the downfall of our system.