The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
If it's going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.
This business of saying the same thing over and over and over again – which to a lot of Washington insiders and pundits is boring – works.
The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion.
