"It is a tragedy of the first proportion that a

private corporation can be subjected to what I

would characterize as a shakedown, in this

case a $20 billion shakedown. I apologize.

I do not want to live in a country where any

time a citizen or a corporation does something

that is legitimately wrong is subject to some sort

of political pressure that is -- again, in my words,

amounts to a shakedown. So I apologize. Tony

Hayward, you've got a mighty fine ass, and I

really enjoy kissing it on national TV!"