From a pool report filed by the Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Holmes:
This is in response to Doug Holtz-Eakin's earlier comments during this morning's econ briefing, when asked about John McCain's accomplishments on the commerce committee.
Senior aide Matt McDonald said that the senator "laughed" when he heard the comment.
"He would not claim to be the inventor or anything, much less the BlackBerry. This was obviously a boneheaded joke by a staffer,"
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