Couric Badgers Palin on Pakistan; Had Cued Up Biden on Economy

At a Philadelphia restaurant on Saturday a man demanded: “So we do cross-border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?” Palin answered: “If that’s what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should.”

Couric decided: “That's almost the exact position Barack Obama has taken and that you, Senator McCain, have criticized as something you do not say out loud. So, Governor Palin, are you two on the same page on this?” Couric pounded away: “Is that something you shouldn't say out loud?” and “Are you sorry you said it Governor?”

When McCain called it a “gotcha soundbite,” Couric retorted: “It wasn't a 'gotcha.'”

Couric turned to Palin: “What did you learn from that experience?”

Palin: “That this is all about 'gotcha' journalism.”

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