[ewing]

Could be, but it was a great 'Real' TV moment at about 1AM Election night 1996 just as they were going off the air..just the kind of thing he would have said in the green room or at the bar afterwards over a scotch!

Of course all of the obits are spinning it afterwards, but I believe he really meant it.

[unspun]

His later, 'I just meant he was boring' equivocation was silly frankly. Someone must have held a gun to his head or something.

[proust]

Brinkley sure won't be missed by me. That "Clinton is a bore" bit is a perfect example of what a phony he was. If he had any guts at all he wouldn't have apologized a week later to Clinton, in person. It was the only time he ever said anything remotely interesting in his much too long career, and he said it when he thought he was off the air! And then he backed off of it completely. What kind of a commentator is that? If he would have stood by what he said he would have at least looked like he had a spine.