It's called 'standing in the breech' in the face of fire and John King cut and ran when he equivocated and tried to dodge Newt's criticsm. In other words, he definitely was embarrassed (if not worse) and looked uncomfortable the rest of the night (wet undies will do that to 'ya!). He might be exhibiting bravado today, but we all saw what happened last night .....
Rush to SC Caller: “You probably had to leave the cock fight to make the call.”
ROFL!