as “Goldie Lurks” posted at #43 above,
Newt is great at the MSM smack-down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkaKwJ9eOUU
He may not have wanted to get into anything about the “Swiftboating” meme in this way but he could have simply indicated that he didn’t accept the frame of the question. He is quite capable of spotting MSM b.s. much of the time.
The MSM would have loved it if he had gone off on a rant about how the Swift Boat Vets were right given how successfully they have instilled the popular opinion that they lied. Newt’s not that dumb even when ambushed in a doorway on his way out.