For the Record…

In the interest of accuracy, I should clarify my earlier item that said the chairman of the Republican National Committee had agreed that the current scandal (regarding leaking) was "worse than Watergate." Here is the exact quote of what Ed Gillespie said on the MSNBC series, Hardball

MATTHEWS: Well, of course, this whole thing started with something. Do you think this is bigger or smaller than a burglary, a third rate burglary? I mean, the fact that someone being caught exposed as a spy for the United States, do you think that's more serious or not than some burglary like Watergate? I mean, I'm serious. Don't you think it is more serious than Watergate, if you think about it?

GILLESPIE: I think if the allegation is true, to reveal the identity of an undercover CIA operative is abhorrent. And it should be a crime and it is a crime.

MATTHEWS: It would be worse than Watergate, wouldn't it?

GILLESPIE: You know, I just…yes, I suppose in terms of the real world implications of it.

I don't think the way I posted it was inaccurate but one person thought it was misleading. I see so many misleading quotes on the Internet that I wanted to err on the side of accuracy. Here's a link to the entire transcript if you're interested, but I thought that was the only significant thing said in the whole show.