I won't even dignify that remark with a response....wait a minute...I just did...DOH!
Truth is, most public officials in DC have been trained over the years...kinda like Pavlov's dogs...any non-PC comments, even when true, can be expected to cause the truth-teller years of grief from the media and the left (sorry for repeating myself;-)
So they just keep right on slobbering out the same spittle, no matter how ridiculous they sound.