During a Morning Joe appearance late last month, Chuck Todd, as we reported, described the congressional race on Staten Island as a "fight between mob families." Not a great idea for a guy who not long before saw his comment that Alison Lundergan Grimes had "disqualified herself" made into a Mitch McConnell ad.
Back on the show this morning, Todd offered an unqualified apology for his "mob families" hit, calling it "bad, wrong" and a "cheap slur." But that didn't stop Joe Scarborough from trying to turn it into a joke and make things about himself.
CHUCK TODD: The last time we were all together. I did say, I used a cheap slur --
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: You did?
TODD: -- on the New York-11 guys, Recchia and Michael Grimm --
JOE SCARBOROUGH: What was that?
TODD: -- comparing them. And you know what? It was a cheap --
SCARBOROUGH: And by the way, can I say --
TODD: It was offensive to some Italian friends of mine. And you know what? It was bad.
SCARBOROUGH: And I want to say, at the beginning of this segment I said some things about the FSU quarterback that I thought was kind of funny [that if Jameis Winston announced he had joined ISIS Florida State might suspend him for half a game.]
BRZEZINSKI: You could just apologize for your entire eight years.
SCARBOROUGH: Seriously, if I had to start apologizing for things.
TODD: No, look, and I hear you going down that road. No, but it was wrong.
