Cheney made the statement that President Obama retained the authority to order torture in a national emergency. Hardball and Chris asked David Axelrod senior adviser to Obama if that was true?
Axelrod then went into a diatribe about what Obama has said about torture and it is a violation of our core values and the like! After he was through Chris asked the question again? AND again Axelrod went on and on about what Obama had said about torture.
It was a simple question and only needed a simple answer! Yes or No, to burst into a diatribe instead of simply answering is worse than the answer (either answer) would have been.
Often what is truly alarming is not what someone said it is what they did not say!