[Strangler Lewis]

Taking stuff back would only have drawn attention to it. The only credible way she could have taken her criticisms back would have been to say, "Yeah, I said it. I said it because I believe I would have been a damned good president. I wanted to get elected, and this is the kind of sh*t you say in presidential campaigns. John McCain understands that, which is why he has publicly gone back on every "maverick" stance he has ever taken, hoping that half of you believe what he says now and half of you believe what he used to say."

That's a mouthful. I thought she did great.