It’s never good when a candidate has to say those words. Rudy just said them at a press avail here in Boca after a rally in a packed hotel meeting room (I was late and only caught the tail end of the rally). He said it in response to a question from a reporter whose query was representative of the state of mind of the press–most reporters seem to think Rudy has the stink of death about him. (Of course, they thought the same thing of Hillary in NH.)