white house staffer made a crude and cruel remark about an american hero u.s. senator john mccain, who is in a fight for his life. i think that's perhaps best illustrated, david, by an interview that white house budget director mick mulvaney gave earlier today saying that, yes, the comment was offensive but the real issue here is that it was made public. take a look. >> i think the remarks are awful. let's look at that in context. that was said in a private meeting inside the white house. you might say something really nasty about me off the air and it doesn't have that much impact. you come on air and say it officially, now that's a problem. >> in that reporting by actionio, white house communication director said in that meeting put it on the record, i stand by kelly sandler. i reached out to mercedes. she did not deny she in fact said that. one of the things she was trying to get across was that white