Coburn: We should try to be less emotional than Rachel Maddow

When reached by the Daily Caller on Wednesday, Coburn explained his comments this way: “What I had was a group of very conservative people that only get their information from one source. If we’re gonna win things, we have to look at other side. There was no one more adamant on opposition to the health-care bill than myself, and not many people more conservative than I on fiscal issues. But if we’re going to win debates we have to win on facts and caring attitudes, not demonize people.”

Coburn used the example of an MSNBC anchor to make his point: “Look at Rachel Maddow. She comes at me on the basis of emotion. She demonizes me. I don’t want conservatives to win on the basis of emotion. If we lower ourselves to the level they operate on, we hurt ourselves and our arguments.”