I called Meehan's office, repeated the quote and asked if it was accurate.
The polite woman answered, "Sir the quotes were taken out of context."
So, it wasn't wrong or made up, it was taken out of context. What other meaning could possibly be extracted from quotes like that? Talk about spin.
I too called and asked if they were accurate and I too got the message, from a polite man that they were "taken out of context" and he proceeded to read me the full statement. I asked how the words reported were taken out of context, and he honestly answered "I really don't know".