Yup.
But put a roadblock in front of *one* of his guys, and whammo! Out come the headlines.
Repubs have always been better at manipulating the press in their favor than the Dems.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989