AP reported McCain "didn't embrace the [bitch] epithet" not that he called the question "excellent"

SUMMARY: The Associated Press reported that Sen. John McCain "chuckled in response to" a supporter's question, "How do we beat the bitch?" -- presumably referring to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- but that he "didn't embrace the epithet." The article further noted that "[a] few minutes later he said he respects Clinton, a New York senator and colleague." However, the article made no mention of the fact that McCain first called the question "excellent" and then pointed to a Rasmussen poll that he said showed him beating Clinton in a head-to-head matchup before saying, "I respect Senator Clinton."

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