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This was an unfortunate thing to have said, but if you look at it in context, he's saying it in a way that you know he KNOWS it's a ridiculous thing to say. His whole point is that you can't extrapolate to ridiculous ends from single, specific actions.
That said, it demonstrated a lack of foresight that he said it. This was obviously an off-the-cuff statement that isn't central to his point at all (and I mean, this is a former Cabinet Secretary--the most power he has is the power to overcharge for his lectures), but he should have known it would be taken out of context and made into this huge news point.
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