Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has come under fire for comparing Obama's handshake with Cuban leader Raul Castro at Mandela's memorial with the handshake between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler in 1938. CNN's Candy Crowley apparently did not like this comparison either and pressed McCain if he regretted his comment.

Crowley talked to McCain on her show State of the Union Sunday and asked him if he regretted his statement on the now infamous Handshake-gate. Here is the senator's response:

Oh' I think it was a gross exaggeration. But have no doubt that that has a great propaganda value for the Cuban government which is oppressive, repressive; continues to jail dissidents and continues to be one of the - probably, easily - the most repressive government in our hemisphere. I don't think you should shake hands with someone who continues to violate his own country's human rights. It happened but it is what it is. And I'm sure that Mr. Castro appreciated it.

Ignoring the point McCain makes against Obama shaking the hand of an oppressive foreign dictator and the message that sends, Crowley instead corners McCain to admit guilt over likening Obama to Chamberlain's "pacifist imagery," asking him if "in retrospect, did [he] think it was over the top." McCain responded:

Well I'm sure it was an exaggeration, Candy. If you want me to plead guilty here on CNN… guilty.

Once Crowley got what she wanted, she moved on.