UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How do we beat the bitch?
JOHN MCCAIN, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: May I give the translation?
The way that...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: John, I thought she was talking about by ex- wife.
MCCAIN: Right. But that's an excellent question. I respect Senator Clinton. I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the democratic party.
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CHETRY: All right, Mike, does that hurt McCain?
ALLEN: Oh, give me a break. Of course not. First of all, I think it's kind of funny. If you watch that tape, he was -- it clear to him who she was referring to. He could have said, whoever were you talking about, which might have been the deftest way to handle it.
CHETRY: But he said, that's an excellent question.
ALLEN: But what Republican voter hasn't thought that? What voter in general hasn't thought that and what people like about McCain is his straight talk, his candor.
Your modern political press.