"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!"