Another "what I (she) meant to say" moment for McCain.

WASHINGTON (CNN)— Sen. John McCain retracted Sarah Palin's stance on Pakistan Sunday morning, after the Alaska governor appeared to back Sen. Barack Obama's support for unilateral strikes inside Pakistan against terrorists

"She would not…she understands and has stated repeatedly that we're not going to do anything except in America's national security interest," McCain told ABC's George Stephanopoulos of Palin. "In all due respect, people going around and… sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that's—that's a person's position… This is a free country, but I don't think most Americans think that that's a definitve policy statement made by Governor Palin," McCain said. “And I would hope you wouldn't, either."

My take:

What part of Palin saying, "If that’s what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should," would lead us to believe that she is making anything but a definitive policy statement? Am I wrong, or is McCain suggesting that its inappropriate to believe anything a candidate says when they're not in a formal interview? It wasn't like she was recorded by an eavesdropper while having a private conversation. It was a specific response to a direct question. McCain may be right about one thing, though. By now "most Americans" may very well understand that he and Palin are not to be taken at their word.