When I saw this on CNN tonight, I started laughing and rubbed my hands together. I said, "Michael Steele, Sooooopergenius! It's all going according to plan. Eeeeexcellent."
I then laughed evilly.
Seriously, who is this guy kidding? So it wasn't a gaffe, it was all a part of his superbly crafted scheme to see who is with him and who is against him, who is "in the tent" and who isn't. Uh-huh.
How could I not think of this?