Courict Me if I'm Wrong

Oh dear. Maybe McCain and Palin should just stop talking. But oh no, they had to go back on Katie Couric's show. The following is an actual transcript of what transpired after Couric questioned why, at a cheese steak stand, Palin contradicted McCain's stance on Pakistan.

The comments in blue italics are what the McCain/Palin handlers were thinking when they watched it.

COURIC: Is that something you shouldn't say out loud, Sen. McCain?

McCAIN: Of course not. But, look, I understand this day and age "gotcha" journalism. Is that a pizza place? Oh no. Could someone check on his medication? In a conversation with someone who you didn't hear ... the question very well, you don't know the context of the conversation. Just let it go, John. Grab a phrase. Any phrase. Gov. Palin and I agree that you don't announce that you're going to attack another country. Ok. Whew. Just don't go back to it. Whatever you do, don't get defensive. Don't get defensive. Don't attack the press.

COURIC: Are you sorry you said it ...

McCAIN: ...And the fact ... Oh no.

COURIC: Governor?

McCAIN: Wait a minute. Before you say, "is she sorry she said it," this was a "gotcha" sound bite that, look ...

COURIC: It wasn't a "gotcha." She was talking to a voter.

McCAIN: No, she was in a conversation with a group of people yeah at the "pizza place". Farthead. and talking back and forth. Cut the mic. Cut it.