“What apology is in order?” McCain responded to Tea Party constituants, when asked if he would apologize. “What was wrong that I said?”
According to the Ahwatukee Hill News, McCain continued,
Hobbits are not real, and the point is that it was not real. You should not deceive people and say that something like a balanced-budget amendment could happen … It’s not my fault that it was misunderstood.
