The statement was very similar to the statements he's given previously,

It's no statement. It's just another game. Statements won't be made until the playoffs.

This wasn't any kind of statement -- you make statements in the playoffs. This was just playing a game against a very good team.

We didn't make a lot of political statements. The political statement was just the fact that we existed for eight years and we existed early. We're just going to make it easier for other shows to have gay characters without having to put a spotlight on them as gay characters.

I think we've been making statements along the way. Seven and 0 can't not make a statement. That kind of speaks for itself, and it's the kids.

If Tom Daschle or another Democratic leader were to have made similar statements, the reaction would have been very swift, ... I don't think several hours would have gone by without there being an almost unanimous call for the leader to step aside.