Are you sure the comment was not sanitized before it was quoted? "I mean" he did use according to your quote as well.
Yes he did, but the citation supposedly quoted a Washington Post interview of Oct 16, 2006 as the source of the comment, and when I checked the source of the cite, the comment is different. If, as you suggested, these comments were sanitized before it was published by the WP, Max should have provided the original link.
Incidentally, articulation is not the most important quality in a politician, important as it is. Both Clinton and Obama ran circles around their opponents in the art of gab, and neither was good news for America.